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Monday, July 11, 2011

I've heard of a Haitian proverb, "Little by little a bird builds its nest." I've seen the word for bird as "wazo" within it. Why is it wazo as opposed to swazo? Thanks!

Actually the correct Haitian Creole word is "zwazo".
It is derived from the french word "Oiseau", which is pronounced "wazo".
So, literally, "wazo" is also correct.

The proverb goes:
Little by little a birds builds its nest.
Piti piti zwazo fè nich li.
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4 comments:

  1. UnknownJanuary 31, 2013 at 10:31 AM

    Publish more Hatian proverbs plz,
    mesi anpil !

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  2. UnknownJanuary 7, 2017 at 2:57 PM

    We've been working in Haiti for years & our favorite proverb is Beyond the mountain is another mountain -- Dye mon, gen mon

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  3. MandalyJanuary 22, 2017 at 5:09 AM

    Dèyè mòn gen mòn. How true it is sometimes!

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