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Wolof Proverbs
“Ndànk-ndànk mooy jàpp golo cib ñaay.”
Little by little, one catches the monkey in the forest.
“Ku boot bukki, xaj baw la.”
Whoever carries a hyena on his back, the dogs will bark at you.
“Bant, lu mu yàgg yàgg cig dex, du tax mu soppiku jasig.”
No matter how long a log soaks in the river, it will never become a crocodile.
