“Onígẹ̀gẹ́ fìlẹ̀kẹ̀ dọ́pọ̀; onílẹ̀kẹ̀ ìbá gbowo, ko rọ́rùn fìlẹ̀kẹ̀ so.”
English
The person with goitre offers a ridiculously low price for beads; were the beads seller to accept her offer she would have no neck to string the beads around.
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