SITUATION: In the context of someone looking for a place to live, a man talks about housing and homes in towns across Côte d'Ivoire.
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Mɔgɔ bɛ se ka bon suguya caman sɔrɔ Côte d'Ivoire dugu misɛnninw la. O dugu misɛnninw la, bon caman bɛ bonmuso le ye. Bonmuso bɛɛ bɛ kɔnɔ kelen le ye. Courant tɛ u la. Ji fana tɛ u la. Ɲɛgɛn fana tɛ kɛla u la. O bonmusow kɔ, mɔgɔ bɛ se ka bon jan caman sɔrɔ. Ni dugu kà kɛ kubeda ye, courant bɛ sɔrɔ à kɔnɔ. O tuma, ji ni courant bɛ se ka sɔrɔ bon janw la. Ɲɛgɛn bɛ kɛ o bon jan caman kɔnɔ, k'à masɔrɔ kɔnɔ caman bɛ u la. O dɔw bɛ se ka kɛ kɔnɔ fila, saba, naani, wala kɔnɔ duuru, n'o se kà kɛ bontigi ye.
A person can find many sorts of housing in the little towns of Côte d'Ivoire. In little such towns, many homes are studios. The whole of a studio is one room. They have no electricity. They also have no [running] water. They also do not have bathrooms. Beyond such studios, a person can find many larger homes. If the town is a [regional] capital, one will find electricity within it. In such case, [running] water and electricity can be found in larger homes. A bathroom is found in many such larger homes because they have many rooms. Some of them can be two, three, four or five rooms if the home owner has means.
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