Anataga huku akitambaa. (Mboga)
» It lays eggs and creeps at the same time. (Answer: Pumpkin plant)

Kafa huku ananing’inia. (Buibui)
» It has died, but is still hanging. (Answer: Spider)

Mti umeangukia huko mbali, bali matawi yake yamefika hadi hapa. (Tanzia ya kifo)
» A tree has fallen far away, but the branches have reached here. (Answer: News of a death)

Kamba yangu ndefu, lakini haiwezi kufunga kuni.
» My rope is long, but it cannot tie a bundle of firewood.

Kuzaliwa na vidole sita ni mabruki.
» To be born with six fingers is to have good fortune.

Mwenye kula miguu ya kuku atakuwa daima katika mwendo tu.
» He who eats a fowl’s legs will become a wanderer.

Anapoia punda usiku basi anabashiri kuwa pana shetani hapo
» When a donkey brays at night it announces the presence of ghosts in the vicinity

Ukimataja mtu na palepale akatokea, inathibitisha kuwa ni mwana wa halali.
» If you talk [ill] about someone, and he appears at the same moment, it is a sign that he is not a bastard [or what you are saying isn't true].

Mwendawazi nu anayekula chakula chake siku zote kwa kawaida hatapona tena
» A madman who takes his meals regularly will never regain his sanity.

Ukimcheka mtoto mchanga akijamna, basi utajamba mwenyewe mbele ya watu na utatahayari sana.
» If you laugh at a baby/child breaking wind you will accidentally do so yourself in the presence of people whom you respect.