Akan proverbs about life
Berɛ te sɛ anomaa, woankyere no na otu a, wonhu no bio
Meaning: Time operates like a bird; while it is before you, if not caught, it flies away and never to be seen again.
Nsa baako nkura adesoa
Meaning: A hand is never enough to lift a heavy load.
Opanyin a wommo ne bra yiye no na oda asaso
Meaning: If as an elder or an aged, you don’t live a worthwhile life, you will sleep in the living room.
Onyankopon danseni ne ahonim
Meaning: Human’s conscience is God’s witness.
Biribi anka papa anka angye grada
Meaning: If there is no smoke, there won’t be fire.
Obea ye turom mu nhwiren, ne kunu nso ye ne ho ban
Meaning: While a woman stands as a flower in a garden, her husband is the fence that protects her.
Oyere te se kuntu: wode kata wo so a wo ho keka wo; wuyi gu ho nso a, awo de wo
Meaning: A woman can be compared to a woolen blanket which if you use to cover yourself, you may feel irritated, and yet, if you remove it, you become cold.
Awareso ne awaregyae ne fa bi gyina nsewnom so
Meaning: The success or failure of a marriage is partly determined by the in-laws.
Nsuo a edo wo na eko w’ahina mu
Meaning: The river that loves you is what enters your pot.
Obea ko aware a, ode ne na ko
Meaning: The moment a woman steps into marriage, she does with her mother.
Akan proverbs about God
Obi Nkyere Abofra Nyame
Meaning: God does not have to be pointed out to a child.
Obi kwan nsi obi kwan mu
Meaning: Our paths cannot cross the other’s.
Aboa a onni dua no, Nyame na opra ne ho
Meaning: For an animal without a tail, God is the keeper of his body.
Akan funny proverbs
Me Num Kankan So Me Dokunu Ka
Meaning: The odour in my mouth is enough to be munched on my kenkey.
Nye Agoro Ne Kuto Ma Me Nhwe Wo To
Meaning: Not all jokes are to be made.
Obi akɔnnɔdeɛ ne odompo nsono
Meaning: What someone calls his delicacy is the guts of another’s odompo.
