Breakfast
SITUATION: Bruce has just moved from Abidjan to a smaller town in Côte d'Ivoire. He hasn't gotten his place set up so he's eating out for his meals including breakfast today.
BRUCE: Kɔrɔ, n bɛ se ka dabɔ sɔrɔ yan?
KƆRƆ: Ɔnhɔn kɛ! I bɛ mun le fɛ?
BRUCE: Moni dɔɔnin ani karakoro.
KƆRƆ: I sabari ka sigi tabali nin na yan fɛ. À bɛna ban sisan-sisan.
BRUCE: Ni kafe kà kɛ yen, i bɛ dɔ di n ma sɔn.
KƆRƆ: Baasi tɛ!
BRUCE: Ka nɔnɔ ni sukaru kɛ à la wa?
KƆRƆ: Ɔn-ɔn. N bɛ café gwansan le min.
KƆRƆ: Of course! What do you want?
BRUCE: Porridge and "karakoro" [fried dough with banana in it].
KƆRƆ: Please sit at that table over there. It'll be ready in just a little.
BRUCE: If there's coffee, give me some at some point.
KƆRƆ: No problem!
BRUCE: Shall I put milk and sugar in it?
KƆRƆ: No. I drink plain coffee.
Lunch
SITUATION: Bruce is ordering his lunch at the same restaurant.
BRUCE: Kɔrɔ, i ni tile.
KÒRÒ: Marhaba! I ka kɛnɛ, Bruce?
BRUCE: Tana si tɛ n na fo kɔngɔ.
KÒRÒ: O tɛ tanaba ye ka k'à masɔrɔ o fura bɛ n fɛ yan.
BRUCE: Mun ni mun bɛ tilela ye yan bi?
KÒRÒ: To bɛ yen. Malo fana bɛ yen, zaamɛ wala nalama.
BRUCE: Fɛn wɛrɛ tɛ o kɔ?
KÒRÒ: N bɛ se ka salati ni bifteck fana ladɛnɛ i kɔrɔ n'i ma kɔrɔtɔ kojugu.
KÒRÒ: Ok! Are you healthy, Bruce!
BRUCE: There's no ill upon me besides hunger.
KÒRÒ: That's not a big ill because I have the remedy [for that] here.
BRUCE: What and what are lunch here today?
KÒRÒ: There's tô. There's also rice: Jollof or with sauce.
BRUCE: There's nothing else besides that?
KÒRÒ: I can make a salad and a beefsteak for you if you aren't in too much of a hurry.
Dinner
SITUATION: Bruce is ordering his dinner in the same restaurant.
KÒRÒ: Bruce ni wula. I hɛɛrɛ tilenna? Bi tuma, n y'à bila i ɲɛ.
BRUCE: Tɔɔrɔ si tɛ n na, kɔrɔ.
KÒRÒ: I bɛ mun le fɛ wulala ye bi?
BRUCE: Kɔrɔ, i kà fɛn o fɛn di n ma, o bɛ bɛn n ma. I ka tobilifɛnw ka di ka tɛmɛ.
KÒRÒ: Sisɛ yiranin bɛ yan bi. N'i b'à fɛ, i bɛ se k'o dɔ dumu ni pommes de terre wala ku yiranin ye.
BRUCE: N bɛna sisɛ ni pommes de terre nɛnɛ bi.
BRUCE: No suffering is upon me, elder.
KÒRÒ: What do you want as an evening meal today?
BRUCE: Elder, whatever you give to me, it will work for me. Your cooked things are way too tasty.
KÒRÒ: There's fried chicken today. If you want, you can eat some with potatoes or fried yams.
BRUCE: I will taste the chicken and potatoes today.
Paying for Dinner
SITUATION: Bruce has just finished dinner and needs to settle up.
BRUCE: Kɔrɔ, n ka kan ka joli le sara?
KÒRÒ: Sisɛ-plat bɛ dalasi bi naani. Pommes de terre bɛ mugan. O bɛ kɛ dalasi bi wɔɔrɔ.
BRUCE: I ka dumunifɛnw ka di kosɛbɛ, kɔrɔ. I senin bɛ gwa la kosɛbɛ. N kà fɛn minnu dumu yan, n tun m'olu ɲɔgɔnnɔfɛn diman dumu yɔrɔ si la fɔlɔ.
KÒRÒ: I ni ce! N ka baara don.
BRUCE: N bɛna to ka na yan sɔn, sanni n yɛrɛ ta gwakɛla-sɔrɔ cɛ.
KÒRÒ: O kɛ faasi! I ka na yan waati o waati ka bɛn i ma. Fɛn o fɛn kà diya i ye, i b'o kofɔ.
KÒRÒ: A chicken dish is 200 francs. Potatoes are 100. That makes 300 francs.
BRUCE: Your food items are really tasty, elder. You are really good at cooking. Out of the things that I've eaten here [thus far], I hadn't eaten anything similarly delicious to them anywhere else yet.
KÒRÒ: Thanks! It's my job.
BRUCE: I am going to come here regularly before I get my own cook.
KÒRÒ: Definitely do that! Come here whenever works for you! Whatever things you like, you just state them.