Use these questions to practice in different ways: read and respond on your own, take notes to prepare for a discussion, or talk through them with a partner or group. Toggle translation if needed.
- I bɛ wuli tuma jumɛn?
- N'i wulila, i bɛ mun kɛ?
- I bɛ taa kalanso walima baara la cogo di?
- Baara/kalan kɔ, i bɛ mun kɛ?
- I bɛ i da tuma jumɛn?
Vocab
Some words that you can use to help answer the questions!
- ka kunu
- to wake up
- ka wuli
- to get up
- Dugu jɛra/gwɛra
- The day has risen
- joona
- early
- sɔgɔma joona
- early morning; early in the morning
- "semaine" kɔnɔ
- during the week [< Fr.]
- "week-end" na
-
on the "weekend" [ < Fr.]
- "sept heure" (waati)
- 7 o'clock am [< Fr.]
- nɛgɛ (kan)ɲɛ wolonfila
- 7 o'clock
- fajiri
- dawn-time prayer
- selifana
- lunch-time prayer
- k'i ko
- to wash yourself
- ka ji ko
-
to bathe [Jula]
- k'i da ko
- to brush your teeth
- k'i ɲɛ ko
- to wash your face
- ka fini/fani don
- to put clothes on
- k'i labɛn
- to get yourself ready
- ka daraka kɛ
- to have breakfast
- ka bɔ so/du kɔnɔ
- to leave the house/courtyard ["home"]
- ka "sport" kɛ
- to do sports [a physical activity]
- ka yaala
- to walk/stroll
- ka bɔ du kɔnɔ
- to leave the courtyard [as in, "home"]
- ka bisi/"train"/"metro" ta
- to take the bus/train/metro
- ka mɔbili boli
- to drive a car
- ka mɔbili/takisi ta
- to take a car/taxi
- ka nɛgɛso boli
- to ride a bike
- nɛgɛso la
- by bike
- sen na
- by foot
- mɔbili la
- by car
- laansara
-
afternoon prayer [around 3-4pm]
- fitiri
- dusk time prayer
- k'i lafiɲɛ
- to rest yourself
- k'à lamɛn
- to listen to sth
- k'à lajɛ/filɛ
- to watch sth
- k'à kalan
-
to read sth; to study sth
- ka baro kɛ
- to chat
- ka tobili kɛ
- to cook
- ka ga/gwa kɛ
- to cook [Lit. "to make hearth"]
- wula (fɛ)
- late afternoon / evening time
- ka jigin
- to get off (from work) [Lit. "to descend"]
- k'i da/la
- to lay (yourself) down; to go to bed
- ka sunɔgɔ
- to sleep
- sunɔgɔ
- sleepiness
- ka sɛgɛn
- to tire
- sɛgɛn
- fatigue
- "semaine" kɔnɔ
- during the week [< Fr.]
- "week-end" na
- on the weekend [< Fr.]
- "vingt-deux heure" (waati)
- 10 o'clock pm [< Fr.]
- nɛgɛ (kan)ɲɛ mugan ni fila
- 10 o'clock pm
- saafo
- evening prayer [around 8pm]
- Su kora
- Night has fallen
- Dugu tilara
- Midnight has passed
- dugu tilama
- midnight