Traditional Jamaican proverb · taught in Farin
Wi likl bot wi talawa
We are little but we are strong
Small island, mighty people — Jamaica's reach across the world is far bigger than its map. Carry that strength with you a farin.
two-clause contrasting parallelism, verbless
Five words, no verb in either half, wi opening both; the only moving part is but, which is what makes this a contrast and not a list.
This one is taught in Farin.
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 →