Afri-Speak

Tsumo

“Chitaurirwa hunyimwa mbare dzekumusana.”

In English

You never get the full information and appreciation from being told.

When people say it

  • A mother kept telling her son how to behave at his future in-laws' home, but he only learned by getting things wrong on the first visit. She said it to him on the drive back.

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