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This i have 'Web-lifted'
In matters sexual the Kikuyu of Kenya have it all worked out. Pleasure can only be sexual; everything else is imitation, as the proverb suggests: “Mrio koragwa handu hamwe, ko kngi ni cama”, which in English is something along the line of “Pleasure is only at one spot, the rest is just sweet” is it so @Mukiri@njung'e
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/11/2012 Posts: 5,222
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AlphDoti wrote:McReggae wrote:Are we now on proverbs or still at African proverbs? What do you think we are on? Didn't you read the subject? Don't you have your own, somebody asked you this before.Proverb: You should not be proud of a locust's head. Meaning: Someone should show humility if they wish to be respected.  This aggression is uncalled for. Atleast if we are to include proverbs from the taliban, its only fair to be told so. You still haven't answered my questtion?
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/11/2012 Posts: 5,222
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oltome wrote:This i have 'Web-lifted'
In matters sexual the Kikuyu of Kenya have it all worked out. Pleasure can only be sexual; everything else is imitation, as the proverb suggests: “Mrio koragwa handu hamwe, ko kngi ni cama”, which in English is something along the line of “Pleasure is only at one spot, the rest is just sweet” is it so @Mukiri@njung'e  Asi! Siyui  Guka?
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/17/2008 Posts: 23,365 Location: Nairobi
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Mukiri wrote:AlphDoti wrote:McReggae wrote:Are we now on proverbs or still at African proverbs? What do you think we are on? Didn't you read the subject? Don't you have your own, somebody asked you this before.Proverb: You should not be proud of a locust's head. Meaning: Someone should show humility if they wish to be respected. This aggression is uncalled for. Atleast if we are to include proverbs from the taliban, its only fair to be told so. You still haven't answered my questtion? I didn't even mention his name but dude comes out guns blazing as guilty as they come......is it so difficult explaining the background of the proverbs and how they relate to Africa? NKT Kwani kila mahali lazima iwe militia? ..."Wewe ni mtu mdogo sana....na mwenye amekuandika pia ni mtu mdogo sana!".
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/20/2008 Posts: 6,275 Location: Kenya
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Mukiri wrote:AlphDoti wrote:McReggae wrote:Are we now on proverbs or still at African proverbs? What do you think we are on? Didn't you read the subject? Don't you have your own, somebody asked you this before.Proverb: You should not be proud of a locust's head. Meaning: Someone should show humility if they wish to be respected. This aggression is uncalled for. Atleast if we are to include proverbs from the taliban, its only fair to be told so. You still haven't answered my questtion? @Mc yes what I've posted here is African. @Mukiri is there anything to answer in your question? Maybe you want to make some fun, but it's misplaced. you never get out of your misconceptions and mistaken beliefs?
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/17/2008 Posts: 23,365 Location: Nairobi
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AlphDoti wrote:Mukiri wrote:AlphDoti wrote:McReggae wrote:Are we now on proverbs or still at African proverbs? What do you think we are on? Didn't you read the subject? Don't you have your own, somebody asked you this before.Proverb: You should not be proud of a locust's head. Meaning: Someone should show humility if they wish to be respected. This aggression is uncalled for. Atleast if we are to include proverbs from the taliban, its only fair to be told so. You still haven't answered my questtion? @Mc yes what I've posted here is African. @Mukiri is there anything to answer in your question? Maybe you want to make some fun, but it's misplaced. you never get out of your misconceptions and mistaken beliefs? Boss guys are qualifying their proverbs, Kikuyu, Luo, Oga, Ghanean etc....how about yours? ..."Wewe ni mtu mdogo sana....na mwenye amekuandika pia ni mtu mdogo sana!".
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/18/2011 Posts: 12,069 Location: Kianjokoma
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Ng'ombe iiragwo yaari iria yakua- People only talk about a cow's milk production after she dies.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/18/2011 Posts: 12,069 Location: Kianjokoma
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Ukuru uriaga withi- (loosely) old age eats youthful days....Your decisions in your youthful days determine the kind of life you have in old age
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/11/2012 Posts: 5,222
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McReggae wrote:AlphDoti wrote:Mukiri wrote:AlphDoti wrote:McReggae wrote:Are we now on proverbs or still at African proverbs? What do you think we are on? Didn't you read the subject? Don't you have your own, somebody asked you this before.Proverb: You should not be proud of a locust's head. Meaning: Someone should show humility if they wish to be respected. This aggression is uncalled for. Atleast if we are to include proverbs from the taliban, its only fair to be told so. You still haven't answered my questtion? @Mc yes what I've posted here is African. @Mukiri is there anything to answer in your question? Maybe you want to make some fun, but it's misplaced. you never get out of your misconceptions and mistaken beliefs? Boss guys are qualifying their proverbs, Kikuyu, Luo, Oga, Ghanean etc....how about yours? If I was to repeat his proverbs to my children, and they asked me from whence they came from and/or how they came about... what will I tell them?
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/18/2011 Posts: 12,069 Location: Kianjokoma
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Mti mkuu uangukapo ndege wamo mashakani- when the great tree falls all the birds that depend on it are left desolate
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