Ẹni à ńbá rìn là ńfìwà jọ.
Character and other people
Original
Ẹni à ńbá rìn là ńfìwà jọ.
Glosa literal
- Ẹni à ńbá rìn the-one we walk with là ńfìwà jọ is-whom we resemble in-character.
Inglês idiomático
"It is the person whose company one keeps that one emulates."
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O que significa
People take their character from those they move with.
Usado quando
Owomoyela: "One should match one's comportment to one's company"
Notas sobre a tradução
Bá rìn, to walk with, is the ordinary Yorùbá expression for keeping company, and the proverb is literal about the mechanism: character is transmitted by proximity and repetition, not by instruction. Compare entry 26, which states the same process as damage.