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.
- À ka di i ye ka mun kɛ i ka lafiɲɛ-waati la?
- I bɛ farikoloɲɛnajɛ walima tulon dɔ kɛ?
- I bɛ jarabaranin filɛ walima i bɛ musiki lamɛn? Sugu jumɛn?
- Ni week-end sera, à ka di i ye ka taa min?
- Yala lafiya-kɛwale dɔ b’i bolo?
Vocab
Some words that you can use to help answer the questions!
- k'i lafiɲɛ
- to relax
- k'i lafiya
- to relax/rest [< Ar.]
- ka fiɲɛ ta
- to take a breather
- ka to so
- to stay at home
- ka to du/lu kɔnɔ
- to stay in the courtyard ["at home"]
- ka bɔ
- to go out
- kelen
- alone [Lit. "one"]
- teriw
- friends
- balɔn
- football/soccer
- ka boli kɛ
- to do running
- kɛnɛ ma
- outside
- so kɔnɔ
- inside ["in a house"]
- dɔnkili
- song; music
- arajɔ
- radio
- dɔn
- dance; dancing
- ka mɔgɔ hakili sigi
- to calm a person's mind
- nkɔni
- ngoni instrument
- jɛnbɛ
- djembe drum
- teli
- fast
- suma
- slow
- filimu
- film; movie
- kunnafoniw
- news; "the news"
- dugu kɔnɔ
- into town
- ka bɔ mɔgɔ ye
- to visit sb
- ka taa bɔ X
- to visit X [a place]
- dumunikɛyɔrɔ
- restaurant
- kafeminyɔrɔ
- coffee drinking place
- dɔlɔso
- bar ["alcohol house"]
- sugu la
- to/at the market
- lɔgɔ ra
- to/at the market [Jula]
- ka sanni kɛ
- to shop [Lit. "to do buying"]
- butiki
- shop; boutique
- kɛnɛ ma
- outside
- kungo
- the bush; the wilderness
- tu
- forest
- kɔgɔjida
- the beach
- ba(ji)
- river
- don o don
- every day
- tuma caman
- oftentimes
- tuma dɔw la
- sometimes
- nisɔndiya
- joy; rejoicing
- waati
- time
- kalan
- reading; studying
- tobili
- cooking
- ka yaala
- to stroll/walk/wander
- dugutaga
- traveling; travel; voyage
- nakɔbaara
- garden work
- k'à dilan
- to make sth; to repair sth
- k'à dege
- to learn sth
- ka fɔli kɛ
- to play a musical instrument
- ka ɲɛgɛnw kɛ
- to do drawings
- ka kalali kɛ
- to sew