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SITUATION: A Bambara teacher enters the classroom and asks his students some basic questions. The students are doing an immersion program in Bamako.
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KARAMƆGƆ: Aw ni ce.
KALANDENW: Nba, i ni ce.
KARAMƆGƆ: Aw ka kɛnɛ wa ?
KALANDENW: Tɔɔrɔ si tɛ.
KARAMƆGƆ: An bɛ mun kɛ bi ?
KALANDENW: An bɛ kalan kɛ.
KARAMƆGƆ: An bɛ mun kalan ?
KALANDENW: An bɛ bamanankan kalan.
KARAMƆGƆ: Aw bɛ bamanankan mɛn?
KALANDENW: Ɔwɔ, an b'à mɛn dɔɔnin.
KARAMƆGƆ: Bamanankan-kalan kɔ, aw bɛ taa min ?
KALANDENW: An bɛ taa an sigi jirisun kɔrɔ.
KARAMƆGƆ: O kɔ, aw bɛ mun kɛ ?
KALANDENW: O kɔ, an bɛ lɛtɛrɛw sɛbɛn.
KARAMƆGƆ: Hello.
KALANDENW: "Nba", hello.
KARAMƆGƆ: Are you all healthy?
KALANDENW: There's no suffering.
KARAMƆGƆ: What do we do today?
KALANDENW: We study.
KARAMƆGƆ: What do we study?
KALANDENW: We study Bambara.
KARAMƆGƆ: Do you all understand Bambara?
KALANDENW: Yes, we understand it a bit.
KARAMƆGƆ: After Bambara studies, where do you all go?
KALANDENW: We go sit under the tree [lit. "tree-trunk"].
KARAMƆGƆ: After that, what do you all do?
KALANDENW: After that, we write letters.
KALANDENW: "Nba", hello.
KARAMƆGƆ: Are you all healthy?
KALANDENW: There's no suffering.
KARAMƆGƆ: What do we do today?
KALANDENW: We study.
KARAMƆGƆ: What do we study?
KALANDENW: We study Bambara.
KARAMƆGƆ: Do you all understand Bambara?
KALANDENW: Yes, we understand it a bit.
KARAMƆGƆ: After Bambara studies, where do you all go?
KALANDENW: We go sit under the tree [lit. "tree-trunk"].
KARAMƆGƆ: After that, what do you all do?
KALANDENW: After that, we write letters.
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