Poco poco ta yena bari.

“Little by little, the barrel fills.”

Steady, small efforts accumulate over time into real progress.

Sopi no ta herebé dos biaha.

“Soup doesn't boil twice.”

A missed chance rarely comes back, so do not dwell on what is already lost.

Un cabuya ta corta dos biaha.

“A rope cuts twice.”

Cutting corners or rushing a job often creates twice the trouble later.

Kabes ta traha otro.

“One head makes another.”

Two people thinking together accomplish more than one mind working alone.

Bai gaña baka.

“Go tell that to a cow.”

A sharp dismissal of a story so unbelievable that not even an animal would fall for it.

Bo ta bomba awa di renbak.

“You're pumping water from an empty cistern.”

A parent's warning against wasting time on something pointless instead of doing real work.