19 February 2012
04 February 2012
06 December 2011
Tsumo - Shumo
Panotyoka gumbo
ziso rinobudisa misodzi.
When the leg breaks, the eye sheds tears.
When one's friend gets into trouble, one sympathizes with him.
-- Shona Proverb
From Tsumo - Shumo by Mordikai A. Hamutyinei and Albert B. Plangger
03 December 2011
29 November 2011
Tsumo - Shumo
Chiripo-chiripo
ndarira imwe hairiri.
What is there is there, one bracelet does not tinkle on its own.
Everything that happens has a cause; nothing just happens by chance.
-- Shona Proverb
From Tsumo - Shumo by Mordikai A. Hamutyinei and Albert B. Plangger
26 November 2011
22 November 2011
Tsumo - Shumo
Chidembo hachinzwi kunhuhwa kwacho chomene.
The pole-cat cannot smell its own stink.
A person rarely blames himself. All people point to the mistakes of others leaving their own blunders untold.
-- Shona Proverb
From Tsumo - Shumo by Mordikai A. Hamutyinei and Albert B. Plangger
19 November 2011
15 November 2011
Tsumo - Shumo
Kashiri kapangami kanovaka dendere neminhenga yedzimwe shiri.
A clever bird builds its nest with other birds' feathers.
A man who prospers often does so at the expense of others. People suspect that a successful businessman has got rich because he has shrewdly exploited others.
-- Shona Proverb
From Tsumo - Shumo by Mordikai A. Hamutyinei and Albert B. Plangger
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