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 ka kalanbila walima baarabila laban na, i taara min?
- I mana taa yɔrɔ kura la, i bɛ taa di? Mɔbili la? Bisi la? Pankurun na?
- I ka diya-n-ye taayɔrɔ ye jumɛn ye?
- N’i kalanbila walima baarabila bɛ yen, à ka di i ye ka mun kɛ?
- Kɔgɔjida walima kuruw? Munna?
Vocab
Some words that you can use to help answer the questions!
- taayɔrɔ
- destination [Lit. "go-place"]
- faso
- homeland; hometown; ancestral home
- so
- home
- dugu
- village; town; land
- jamana
- country
- mara
- region
- yɔrɔ si
- nowhere [Lit. "place none]
- jamana kɔkan
- outside the country [as in, "abroad"]
- dugu/jamana wɛrɛ
- another town/country [as in, "a different town/country"]
- farafinna
- Africa [Lit. "Black people land"]
- farajɛla
- Europe; North America [Lit. "White people land"]
- X fɛ
- the place of X [cf. Fr. "chez")
- somɔgɔw
- family members
- teriw
- friends
- k'à ta
- to take sth
- k'à boli
- to drive sth
- ka pan
- to fly
- ka taa X la
- to go by X
- ka don X kɔnɔ/la
- to get into X [as in, "to take a form of transportation"]
- biye
- ticket [< Fr. "billet"]
- mɔbili
- car
- bisi
- bus
- trɛn
- train [< Fr. "train"]
- kurun
- boat
- pankurun
- airplane
- nɛgɛso
- bike
- yɔrɔ
- place
- kɔgɔji
- the ocean/sea
- kɔgɔjida
- the beach
- duguba
- city; big town
- dugu fitinin
- small town
- kungo/kongo
- the bush [as in, "nature" or "the wildness" or "a rural area"]
- tu
- forest; jungle
- dala
- lake
- ba(ji)
- river
- kuluw
- mountains; hills
- gun
- island
- tunga
- abroad; foreign land [NOTE: Also means "adventure; fortune-seeking"]
- walijamana
- foreign country [Lit. "land of another (person"]
- ka taa dugu la
- to travel
- ka bɔ mɔgɔw ye
- to visit people
- ka teriw ye
- to see friends
- ka taa bɔ yɔrɔ
- to visit/explore a place
- k'i lafiɲɛ
- to rest
- k'i lafiya
- to relax
- ka dumuni kɛ kɛnɛ ma
- to eat out
- ka baro kɛ
- to chat
- k'i nɔn
- to swim
- ka foto/ja ta
- to take pictures
- ka yaala-yaala
- to stroll; to wander; to hike
- ka fɛn kuraw lajɛ
- to observe new things
- mankan
- noise
- jama
- people; public; crowd
- hɛɛrɛ
- peace
- tile
- sun
- jikuru
- wave
- kɛnkɛn
- sand
- fiɲɛ/fɔɲɔ
- wind
- X cɛ ka ɲi
- X is beautiful
- tilebin
- sunset
- ka tulon kɛ
- to play
- ka yɛlɛn X kan
- to climb up onto sth
- ka X diya bɔ
- to make the most of X; to enjoy X [Lit. "to take the pleasure out of X"]
- k'i yɛrɛ sɔrɔ
- to feel one's best [Lit. "to obtain one's self"]