Tuesday 3 January 2012

A Somali proverb - Maah maah Soomaali ah

A new Somali proverb that I just discovered. 

Taladda aan la       ruugin, waa    lagu       rafaadaa
THE PLAN     NOT   PASSIVE     GNAWED     CLASS.     PASS. PREP.   STRUGGLES
                        PREPOSITION                                     + KU


The plan that hasn't been gnawed at will struggle

The word 'ruug' means 'to gnaw at something', like for example a bone that has some meat on it. You have to bite delicately to get all the meat off of the bone. In the same way, when you make a plan or proposal, you have to take care of all of the details, otherwise when you start implementing it, you will run into problems. Waa inaan xusuusto maahmaahdan!(I should remember this proverb!)


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