Kiswahili: Methali, Vitendawili, nahau, Misemo n.k

[Amavubi]

3. The enemy is in the backyard while the real culprit lives in the house.

akumulikae mchana usiku akuchoma

 

[Amavubi]

Pointing at me with a finger, and the remain four point back on u-ukiishi nyumba ya vioo usirushe mawe

 

[mbuyula]

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"

Saidia methali mlandano ya kiswahili wandugu.

uzuri wa mtu upo machoni kwa mtu

 

[mbuyula]

"fault confession is a half redress"
nisaidieni ya kiswanguku

 

[mbuyula]

as you sow you shall reap

utavuna ulichopanda

 

[mbuyula]

"Marry in haste, and repent at leisure." =haraka haraka haina baraka
"One tongue is enough for a woman."(women talk too much)=........................
"Where there's a will there's a way."-penye nia pana njia
"It was the last straw that broke the camel's back."=................................
"Soon learnt, soon forgotten."=.......................
"Better untaught than ill taught."-bora hamsini koliko mia mbovu
"A stitch in time saves nine."-usipoziba ufa utajenga ukuta
"Tell me who you go with and I'll tell you who you are."-samaki mmoja akioza wote wameoza
"Live and let live." =...................
"No news is good news."=..........................
"All clouds bring not rain."-sio kila king'aacho ni dhahabu
"The best advice is found on the pillow." =....................
"If the stone fall upon the egg, alas for the egg! If the egg fall upon the stone, alas for the egg!"=sikio halizidi kichwa

saidieni za kiswahili hapo

 

[qn of sheba]

au pia; kibaya kwako, kizuri kwa mwenzako

Ukipenda chongo utaona kengeza

 

[qn of sheba]

Let bygones be bygones
Kiswahili chake???

Yaliyopita si ndwele ganga ya jayo

 

[qn of sheba]

as you sow you shall reap

Utavuna ulichopanda

 

[qn of sheba]

"I bit more than I could chew"

Usiinge tembo kunya mavi utapasuka m****u

 

[qn of sheba]

• "Where there's a will there's a way."

Penye nia pana njia

 

[qn of sheba]

• "Where there's a will there's a way."

Mgaa gaa na upwa hali wali mkavu

 

[qn of sheba]

inaweza pia kulandana na aheri ya nusu shari kuliko shari kamili

Heri kenda shika kuliko kumi nenda uje.

 

[Amavubi]

uko fiti quen of sheba

 

[qn of sheba]

uko fiti quen of sheba

Hahaaa kimtindo

 

[Iselamagazi]

A drowning man, will catch at a straw : Mfa maji haishi kutapatapa.
After a storm comes calm : Baada ya dhiki faraja.
A hungry man is an angry man:

 

[serio]

Strike the iron while still hot....
Samaki mkunje angali mbichi..

 

[qn of sheba]

Strike the iron while still hot....
Samaki mkunje angali mbichi..

Swali kabla haujaswaliwa

Linalowezekana leo lisingoje kesho.

 

[serio]

A cow in a china shop...........
Ng`ombe kwenye duka la vikombe.

 

[serio]

Procrastination is a thief of time..... qn of sheba saidia na hii