Warm-up
- Funteni bɛ i ka dugu la?
- Sanji caman bɛ bin i ka dugu la?
None for now!
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Audio file
CONTEXT: It’s hot! Adama and Abi are sitting together in their courtyard trying to keep cool.
ADAMA: Tile bɔra kɔni! Funteni bɛ!
ABI: Ɔnhɔn, tile ka farin bi!
ADAMA: Funteni bɛ n na (2) kojugu.
ABI: E tɛ ji dɔ min wa ?
ADAMA: Ji?! An mako bɛ sanji la!
ABI: O ye tiɲɛ ye. Yɔrɔ jara kojugu.
ADAMA: An bɛɛ b’à dɔn. Jiko bɛ ka (3) an bɛɛ tɔɔrɔ.
ABI: Sanji nana Bamakɔ kunun dun.
ADAMA: N’Ala sɔnna, à bɛ na yan fana.
ABI: À bɛ sɔn!
ADAMA: The sun has come it, "in any case"! It's hot!
ABI: Yes, the sun is fiery today!
ADAMA: I'm too hot!
ABI: Won't you drink some water?
ADAMA: Water?!! We need rain!
ABI: That's true. This place is too dry.
ADAMA: We all know it. The affair of water is making us all suffer.
ABI: Rain came to Bamako yesterday, you know.
ADAMA: God willing, it'll come here too.
ABI: He will be willing!
ABI: Yes, the sun is fiery today!
ADAMA: I'm too hot!
ABI: Won't you drink some water?
ADAMA: Water?!! We need rain!
ABI: That's true. This place is too dry.
ADAMA: We all know it. The affair of water is making us all suffer.
ABI: Rain came to Bamako yesterday, you know.
ADAMA: God willing, it'll come here too.
ABI: He will be willing!
Vocab
- mago/mako
-
a need
- X mago bɛ fɛn na
-
X needs something (lit. "The need of X is on something")
- ka ja
- to dry
- jiko
- cf. ji-ko 'water-affair'
- bɛ ka
- the progressive predicate marker (Written as two words by convention. Not typically used in Jula)
- ka sɔn
- to accept; to agree
- N'Ala sɔnna
- God willing (cf. Inshallah)
- Walayi
- By God! (as in, "I swear!" or "For real!") [< Ar.]
None for now!
Comprehension
Activity
Imagine that it is market day and that Adama suggests they go to the market. How would Abi react? What could they buy to stay cool? Create the scene!