KwaunobvaTsumoUpfumiChipa muchena kupfuma mudzinu wake. (K)

Tsumo · Upfumi

Chipa muchena kupfuma mudzinu wake. (K)

Zvinorehwa

Munhu agara ari murombo anongoramba ari murombo nyangwe akambobatsirwa nokupiwa zvinhu. Haana chiravirwa chokupfuma zvekare haana mazano okuwana upfumi nawo.

What it means

A person who stays poor tends to remain poor even after being helped and given things; they lack the ambition to become wealthy and do not know how to build wealth.

Word for word

You can help a poor man (but only) his mudzinu will make him rich.

Dzimwe tsumo dzeupfumi

Dzose

Tsumo · Upfumi

01 / 03

Zundu kugara mundove hunzi neni ndava mombewo.

What it means

Someone who stays close to a person of high status wants to be seen as important too; likewise a poor person who spends time among the wealthy starts to act as if they, too, are wealthy.

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