Koro mmɔ edɔhɔ ete, Ŋwed esie edobi enyuŋ esɔŋ; edi enye ke idem esie edi mmem-mmem, ikɔ-inua esie inyuŋ idige ŋkpɔ.
For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.