Do you want to learn a proverb in a native African tongue?

Question

"Lento ilivili iya jika-jika"
Language: isiXhosa (South Africa)
Roughly translated this means: Someday the wheel will turn.
(Those who were on top, will be at the bottom and those at the bottom, on top / someday everyone will get his fair chance.)
Pronounciation:
"lenTO" as in going TO town
all "i's" pronounced as the "i" in "magic"

Answer 1

Θα γυρίσει ο τροχός θα γαμήσει κι’ ο φτωχός

same proverb in Greek.

Answer 2

Nice move, so what about < Koba na koluka minoko misusu> in Lingala ( centrale Africa: From Congo,Gabon and Angola.)and that mean Keep looking for other languages.

Answer 3

Nice proverb!
It recalls a sentence from the Bible:
Those who are first shall be last and
those who are last shall be first.
Let me add one of my favorites:
Ahadi ni deni.
That's Swahili and it means
A promise is a debt.

Answer 4

THANK YOU! I collect languages.I've saved your question so I can commit the phrase to memory. Hopefully I won't be saying" Let's have sex" or "You're a real fukker",LOL

Answer 5

Thanks!