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46. Wat gaal, ak yëgoo. (7,9,15,16,19)<br />
Come to an agreement to work together before dragging the boat (up the beach).<br />
Ideas and actions must harmonize together in order to accomplish something.<br />
Do two walk together unless they have agreed to do so (Amos 3:3 NIV)<br />
47. Mbooloo mooy doole. (11,12,20)<br />
Mboolooy indi doole. (2)<br />
There is power in a group.<br />
“Union is strength.”<br />
“There is strength in unity.”<br />
48. Bu fukk dee gas, fukk di suul, pënd ay bari waaye pax du fa am. (2,6,9,15,16,18,19,20)<br />
Bu ñaar di gas, fukk di suul, pënd ay bari, waaye pax du am. (7)<br />
If ten men are digging, and ten men are filling in the hole, there will be plenty of<br />
dust but no hole.<br />
When many people are working and many people are destroying it, nothing is going to be<br />
done. To achieve anything of importance everyone needs to co-operate and work in the<br />
same direction. This proverb is often invoked in organisations to encourage people to work<br />
together on the same goals.<br />
49. Menn picc mënula yàq ndiiraan. (2,3,5,6)<br />
Menn picc, bu beddiku, yàqul ndiiraan. (9)<br />
Menn picc mënula yàq am ndaje. (14)<br />
Menn picc yàqul um ndaje. (19)<br />
A single bird cannot disperse a flock.<br />
In a village, all the youth decide to rent their services to landowners who were lacking<br />
workers. They put all they earn into a shared fund in order to organise a large party once<br />
the harvest is over.<br />
At first all went well, but one day Abdou could not agree with his buddies. The field that<br />
they had to cultivate was very large and they should have asked for more payment. The<br />
others said it was too late and that they could not renegotiate the price. Abdou persists and<br />
declares that under those conditions he can no longer participate in the collective work.<br />
Someone quotes this proverb to him.<br />
50. Yenukati xëddéen dañuy yëgoo bala ñoo jóg. (2)<br />
Yenukati xëddéen, dañuy waxtaan bala ñoo jóg. (19)<br />
Yenukati xëddéen dañuy waxtaan bala ñoo yenu. (6)<br />
Yenuy xëddéen, ak yégóo. (9)<br />
Yenukatu xëddéen dañuy yëgoo. (14)<br />
The carriers of ron palms should be in agreement before they start work.<br />
It is important to be in agreement concerning the conditions of a matter before beginning.<br />
Community<br />
51. Yàlla du la jox njëgu saaku ceeb, jox la doole joo ko yenoo. (2,15)<br />
God does not ever give at the same time, the price of a bag of rice, and the<br />
strength necessary to carry it away yourself.<br />
God gives to some what others lack, so that we will always be in need of others.<br />
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