““Mo yó” ńjẹ́ “mo yó,” “mo kọ̀” ńjẹ́ “mo kọ̀”; jẹun ǹṣó, àgbà ọ̀kánjúwà ni.”
English
“I am full” means “I am full”; “I decline” means “I decline”; eating with abandon, that is the father of all greediness.
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