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SITUATION: Barry is an American studying Bambara in Bamako and he has gotten lost.
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Bari ye Amerikɛn ye. À bɛ sugu la. À b'à fɛ ka taa biro la nka à t'à yɔrɔ dɔn. Ni Bari tununna, à bɛ mun kɛ? À bɛ taa polisi dɔ ɲininka. O b'à fɔ à ye ko ale tɛ se ka t'à bila nka à bɛ se ka sira fɔlɔ jira à la k'à tɔ ɲɛfɔ à ye. O man'à ɲɛfɔ Bari ye, à bɛ sira minɛ. À bɛ kɔlɔsili kɛ sira la kosɛbɛ. À tɛ fili tuguni.
Bari is an American. He is at the market. He wants to go to the office but he doesn't know its place [Lit. "where it is"]. If Barry has gotten lost, what does he do? He goes and asks a police officer. They say to him that they can't take him, but they can show him the first street and explain the rest to him. Once that is explained to Barry, he hits [Lit. "grab"] the road. He really pays attention on the way. He doesn't err again.
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