Goodbye & Benedictions

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SITUATION: Isa has just arrived in Mali, but his cousin Abu is preparing to depart to France to study on a university scholarship. Isa says goodbye and wishes him well before his departure.

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ISA: Ala ka sira diya!
ABU: Amiina!
ISA: Ala k'i ɲuman don!
ABU: Amiina! Ala ka dugawu minɛ!
ISA: Amiina! Ko n b'u fo!
ABU: U n'à mɛn!
ISA: K'an bɛn!
ABU: K'an bɛn, Isa!
ISA: Ka tile hɛɛrɛ caya!
ABU: Amiina!

ISA: May God make the road pleasing!
ABU: Amen!
ISA: May God make you enter well!
ABU: Amen! May God accept your benediction!
ISA: Amen! Say that I greet them!
ABU: They will hear it!
ISA: Goodbye!
ABU: Goodbye, Isa!
ISA: May the day's peace be abundant!
ABU: Amen!
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