TASK DEFINITION: This task is about translating a given Yoruba language sentence to English.
PROBLEM: Apontan ko wi pe ki odo ma sun.

SOLUTION: Scooping a spring dry does not stop more water from collecting.

PROBLEM: Iponju agbe o ju odun kan.

SOLUTION: A farmer's suffering will not last longer than a year.

PROBLEM: Ose ni n siwaju ekun; abamo ni n gbeyin oran; gbogbo agba ilu pe, won o ri oogun abamo se.

SOLUTION:
Hissing goes before crying; had-one-but-known comes at the conclusion of an unfortunate matter; all the elders in the town assembled but they could find no antidote for had-we-but-known.