KwaunobvaTsumoWebondo haadyi chiropa.

Tsumo

Webondo haadyi chiropa.

Zvinorehwa

PavaShona munhu ari muhondo ane zvibiningidzo zvaanofanira kutevera sokuti kusadya chiropa nederere nenyimo. Vakuru vedu vanenge vane zvavaiziva zvaikonzerwa nokudya zvinhu izvi kana munhu ari muvhimi kana kuti muhondo.

What it means

Among the Shona, a person going to war has certain taboos they must observe, such as not eating liver with derere or nyimo; our elders knew the consequences of eating these things for someone who is a hunter or going to war.

Word for word

A warrior does not eat liver.

Mamwe mataurirwo

Muvhimi haadyi nyimo nederere mhuka dzinosvodza.

Dzimwe tsumo dzeother

Tsumo

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N'ai kwadzo ndedzonucheche dzonukuru dzinoreva kudya.

What it means

A young child's crying may mean little, but when an adult 'cries' (complains), they are asking for something specific.

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