Ẹni tí yó yá àni lówó, tí kò níí sinni, ohùn ẹnu-u rẹ̀ la ti ńmọ̀.
Character, appearance and the judgement of others
Original
Ẹni tí yó yá àni lówó, tí kò níí sinni, ohùn ẹnu-u rẹ̀ la ti ńmọ̀.
Glose littérale
- Ẹni tí yó yá àni lówó one-who will lend one money, tí kò níí sinni who will-not pester-one, ohùn ẹnu-u rẹ̀ the-voice of-his-mouth la ti ńmọ̀ is-where we know-it.
Anglais idiomatique
"The person who will lend money and will not keep pestering one for repayment, one can tell from the tone of his or her voice."
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Ce que cela signifie
Manner of speech reveals what kind of creditor a person will be.
Employé quand
Owomoyela: "The way people talk is a good indication of their character"
Notes sur la traduction
Ohùn, voice or tone, is a technical term in a tonal language and the proverb exploits that: the claim is about how a person sounds, not what they say. Yorùbá speakers make fine discriminations on ohùn that English speakers make on wording.