Haitian Proverb April 8th
Sa ki nan vant se li ki pa ou. What's in your belly is what's yours. meaning, Don't count on something until you have it [...]
Sa ki nan vant se li ki pa ou. What's in your belly is what's yours. meaning, Don't count on something until you have it [...]
Paysans bel, lavi long. Patience is beautiful, life is long. meaning, A patient person is happier. I love the way this proverb produces an instant [...]
Nou pa mande pitit samble papa l', nou mande erez kouch. We don't ask for the child to look like his father; we just ask [...]
Se senk kob ki fe goud. Pennies make the gourd (currency of Haiti). meaning, Little things can add up. Teaching any subject in any country [...]
Se le ou malad pou ou konnen si ou gen zanmi. It's when you are sick that you know if you have friends. meaning, True [...]
Dye pa lom. God is not man. meaning, Don't expect fate to be as you would have done things. I love the simplicity if this [...]
Tout moun konnen kouto pa janm grate manch pa li. Everybody knows that a knife never scrapes its own handle. meaning, You must have help [...]
Moulen manje sou dan li genyen. The mill grinds with the teeth it has....meaning, you manage with what you have. I can't tell you how [...]
"Chak pen gen founo li e fwomaj li." Translation: "Every bread has its oven as well as its cheese...meaning: everyone has trials and joys, and [...]
As many of you know from following HG Haiti workers on Facebook, or the blog of one of our January team members, Lisa, little Ezekiel [...]
"Chay pa janm lou pou mèt li." Translation: "The load is never too heavy for its master." Many Christians walk around in more trouble than [...]
"Bèf san ke, Bondye pouse mouch pou li." Translation: "God shoos away the flies for the cow with no tail." In Haiti, the country always [...]
Sorry for the delay in getting these posted. The internet in our area of Haiti has been pretty hit and miss lately and it's taking [...]
"Se pa ak rara you kenbe zwazo." Translation: "You don't catch birds with a carnival band." All of us know the benefits of having more [...]
"Ou pa pwason; ou pa't pou antre nan nas." Translation: "You're not a fish; you shouldn't have entered the net." Meddling where we don't belong [...]
"Ou montre makak voye wòch, premye moun li kase tèt se ou mem." Translation: "You teach a monkey to throw rocks, the first head he [...]