Xó ɖagbe nɔ kplɔ̀ gbɛ̀
Good speech leads life
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Wise speech
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Gùngbè keeps short wise lines at Gbagli and Họgbonu. Not Yoruba òwe. Wikipedia writes ẹ ọ; the school also writes ɛ ɔ. If your town says it differently, send the town form.
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Xwé wɛ̀ nɔ kplɔ́n vǐ
The house is what teaches the child
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Sìn ɖokpo má nɔ jɛ̀ tɔ̀
One drop does not fill the river
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Mɛ e tùn xó tɔ̀n má ɖì tò
Who knows their word does not lose the town
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Nǔ e à nɔ ɖɔ̀, é nɔ wá
What you keep saying tends to come
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Gbɛ̀ nyí xó; xó nyí gbɛ̀
Life is speech; speech is life
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Vǐ e sè nɔ tɔ́ nɔ sè xó ɖagbe
A child who hears mother and father hears good speech
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Tò ɖokpo, xó ɖokpo, nɔví lɛ̀
One town, one speech, siblings
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Mɛ e ɖɔ xó ɖagbe nɔ mɔ xó ɖagbe
Who speaks good speech meets good speech
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Àfɔ ɖokpo má nɔ zɔ̀ tò
One foot does not walk a town
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Nǔ e à sɔ́ ɖó xwé, é nɔ kɔ̀
What you put in the house stays
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Xó vívɛ́ nɔ vɛ̀ nǔ
Bitter speech spoils things
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Sùnú nɔ kplɔ́n àlɔ̀
Patience teaches the hand
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Mɛ e wà nǔ ɖagbe nɔ mɔ nǔ ɖagbe
Who does good sees good
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Tɔ̀ má nɔ fɔ̀ sìn tɔ̀n ɖé
The river does not forget its water
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Xwé e jó, mɛ lɛ̀ nɔ gɔ̀
When a house burns, people still gather
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Vǐ má nɔ sè xó ɖokpo
A child should not hear only one speech
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Nǔ e tò ɖɔ̀, xó wɛ̀
What the town says is the word
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Gbè ɖagbe nɔ hɛn xwé
A good voice holds the house
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Mɛ e má ɖɔ Gùngbè, é má ɖɔ xó xwé tɔn
Who never speaks Gungbe does not speak the house word
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Àlɔ̀ we, nùɖuɖu we
The hand works; the mouth eats
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Xó ɖiɖɛ nɔ sɔ́ nǔ ɖó tò
Soft speech puts things in order
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Tò e nɔ ɖɔ xó tɔn, é nɔ nɔ
A town that speaks its word remains
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Sìn fìfá nɔ fɔ̀ ahwan
Cool water cools a quarrel
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Nɔví e sè xó nɔ sè nǔ
A sibling who hears speech hears things
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Gbɛ̀ ɖagbe bɛ́ sín xwé
A good life starts from the house
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Mɛ e zɔ̀ ɖó tò tɔn, é má ɖì
Who walks toward their town is not lost
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Xó gɛ̀gé má nɔ hɛn nǔkún
Too much talk does not hold wisdom
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Nǔ e à kplɔ́n vǐ, é nɔ zɔ̀ ɖó tò
What you teach a child walks into the town
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Gùngbè nyí sìn xwé tɔn
Gungbe is the water of the house
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Tɔ́ e nɔ ɖɔ xó, vǐ nɔ sè
The father who speaks — the child hears
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Nɔ̀ e nɔ kplɔ́n, xwé nɔ nɔ
The mother who teaches — the house remains
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Àxì nɔ kplɔ́n mɛ e jló ná xɔ̀
The market teaches the one who wants to buy
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Sìn tɔ̀ nɔ kplɔ́n mɛ e nɔ zɔ̀
Lagoon water teaches the one who walks
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Xó ɖokpó nyí sìn; xó gɛ̀gé nyí tɔ̀ ɖe
One word is water; too many is a flood
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Mɛ e tùn ɖ, é tùn gbɛ̀
Who knows ɖ knows the life of the mouth
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Ɛ kpó ɔ, e kpó o — má cì
ɛ and e, ɔ and o — do not mix them
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Xwé e má ɖɔ Gùngbè, é nyí xwé ɖevo
A house that does not speak Gungbe is another house
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Vǐ e nɔ ɖɔ mì, é nɔ sè bǔbǔ
A child who says mì has heard respect
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Tò Badagry kpó Xɔ̀gbónù, xó ɖokpó
Badagry and Porto-Novo, one speech
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Mɛ e yì àxì, é kplɔ́n nàbí
Who goes to market learns how much
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Nǔɖuɖu nɔ wá sín àlɔ̀
Food comes from the hand
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Jǐ nɔ jɛ̀, tɔ̀ nɔ kɔ̀
Rain falls, the lagoon stays
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Avún nɔ ɖɔ xó xwé tɔn
The dog speaks the word of its house
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Yɔ́ yɔ́ nɔ hɛn gbɛ̀
Slowly, slowly holds life
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Àwà nɔ hú xó vívɛ́
Thank you cools bitter speech
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Mɛ e nɔ sè tɔ́gbó, é nɔ sè tò
Who hears the grandfather hears the town
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Nyikɔ nyí xó; xó nyí mɛ
A name is a word; a word is a person
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Kplɔ́n sɔ́ ɖì — àxì nɔ sè
Reduce it a little — the market hears
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Tɔ̀ nɔ zɔ̀, xwé nɔ tɛ́n
The lagoon walks; the house waits
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Mɛ e má tùn tɔ́, é má tùn nɔ̀
Who does not know father does not know mother
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Ɖokpó nɔ bɛ́; wǒ nɔ fó
One begins; ten finishes
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Xó nugbǒ nɔ zɔ̀ ɖó tò
True speech walks into the town
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Hùn nɔ kplɔ́n vǐ sín nù
A song teaches a child from the mouth
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Tàn e má gɔ̀, é nɔ kú
A tale that is not retold dies
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