Traditional Jamaican proverb · taught in Manchester
Manaz kyai yu chuu di worl widout a peni.
Good manners carry you through the world without a penny.
Respect and courtesy open doors that money cannot.
single-clause indicative, abstract subject
An abstract noun does the carrying and yu is the one carried; the closing phrase argues by subtraction, naming what you do not need.
This one is taught in Manchester.
The grammatical categories this description uses — clause type, mood, and the sound patterning noted where it carries the proverb — follow Unseth's framework for describing a proverb rather than only translating it.
The proverb is folk material. The description of how it is put together follows the framework in the work above; the translation and the commentary are mine.
Hear it, and collect the rest →