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.
- Selidon kɔrɔ belebele jumɛn bɛ i ka jamana na?
- Jama bɛ mun dun o don?
- Aw bɛ fini kɛrɛnkɛrɛnnen don?
- Kɛwale kɛrɛnkɛrɛnnen bɛ yen o don?
- Selidon bɛɛ la, jumɛn ka di i ye? Munna?
Vocab
Some words that you can use to help answer the questions!
- seli(don/lon)
- holiday [Lit. "prayer"]
- fɛti
- holiday; party; feast [< Fr. fête]
- ɲɛnajɛ/ɲɛnagwɛ
- celebration
- laada
- custom; tradition
- diinɛ
- religion
- bɛnba/bɛma
- ancestor
- jamana
- country
- mara
- region
- tuma
- time; period; season
- ko
- affair; "event"; "thing"
- ko kɔrɔ / kɔkɔrɔ
- tradition [Lit. "old affair"]
- donjatelan
- calendar
- kalandiriye
- calendar [< Fr.]
- k'à tobi
- to cook sth
- k'à dun/dumu
- to eat sth
- k'à min
- to drink sth
- fana
- meal
- kini
- (cooked) rice
- malo
- (uncooked) rice
- sogo
- meat
- jɛgɛ
- fish
- buuru
- bread
- naji
- soup
- jiriden/yiriden
- fruit
- gato
- cake [< Fr. gâteau]
- fini/fani
- clothing; cloth
- ɔrɔbu
- dress [< Fr robe]
- dulɔki
- shirt [Bambara]
- dereke
- shirt [Jula]
- bi-X
- "modern X" [Lit. "today-X"]
- fɔlɔfɔlɔ-X
-
"traditional X" [Lit. "past-X"]
- kɔrɔ(man)
- old
- jɛ(man)
- white [Bambara]
- gwɛ(man)
- white [Jula]
- bilen(man)
- red [Bambara]
- wulen(man)
- red [Jula]
- k'à don
- to put on sth; to wear sth
- sangawuli
- "uniform" or "agreed-upon outfit" (for an event)
- dɔn
- dance
- ka dɔn kɛ
- to dance
- ka dɔnkili da/la
- to sing
- musiki
- music
- fɔli
- instrumental music playing [as in, "drum playing", etc]
- k'à lamɛn
- to listen to sth
- somɔgɔw
- family members [Lit. "people of the house"]
- balimaw
- relatives; kin
- teriw
- friends
- ka mɔgɔw fo
- to greet people [as in, "to stop by and visit them"]
- ka seli
- to pray
- k'à filɛ
- to watch sth
- ka ɲɔgɔn sɔrɔ
- to meet up with each other
- ka taa dugu la
- to travel
- k'i lafiya
- to rest
- diya-n-ye X / diyanye-X
- favorite X
- k'à fisaya
- to prefer sth
- k'à kanu
- to love sth
- k'à diya bɔ
- to enjoy sth
- tulon
- play; fun; game
- nafa
- benefit; value; merit
- hakilijigin
- remembrance
- ka mɔgɔ hakili jigin X la
- to remind sb of X
- nisɔndiya
- happiness
- X nisɔn bɛ diya
- X becomes happy
- sewa
- joy; pleasure
- ka sewa
- to be happy; to rejoice
- kun
- reason