go senya hlegere go phološitše mmutla
Tlhalošo:  motho ge a wetše seemong sa boima a se ke a itlhoboga, o swanetše go leka sengwe le sengwe gore a intšhe ka gare ga seemo seo
Tšhomišo:  Malose o rile go bona gore kgoro e tlo mo fa kotlo ye boima, a gopola gore go senya hlegere go phološitše mmutla, gomme a tlogela manganga a thoma go bolela le ba bagolo ka tlhompho

TSHIVENḒA
Phetolelo:  u lingedza na u khakha zwo tshidza muvhuḓa
Seema: ṅwana mutshenzhela ṅanga, u ṱanganya ṅanga ndi hawe

XITSONGA
Phetolelo:  ku ringeta na ku tsandzeka swi ponisile mpfundla
Seema: khamba ri tumbela hi kamba ra n’hwembe

ENGLISH
Phetolelo:  trial and error saved the hare
Seema: a drowning man will clutch at a straw