Furusiri | Wedding

Trial
Wedding event in Banfora, Burkina Faso

Dialog Vocab

dusu
heart
diyagoya
requirement; necessity [Lit. "please-displease"]
don
day
k'i sigi
to sit (yourself) down
kɔɲɔmuso
bride
cɛ
appearance
bi
today
furu
marriage
ka furu siri
to "tie" a marriage
su
night time
ka ko
to wash [used to with su to express the idea of "night falling"
dɔn
dance
ka ɲɛ
here, "well"
baasi
problem
fewu
at all
nisɔn
heart
diya
pleasure

Dialog

SITUATION: Abi has been invited to a wedding in the family of a neighborhood friend, Sara. She shows up before the festivities start.

SARA: Abi, i nana? N dusu ka di!
ABI: Ɔnhɔn kɛ! Diyagoya don. Bi kɛra donba ye! [1]
SARA: An tɛ taa an sigi? [They go and sit under the tree where the ceremony will take place]
ABI: Kɔɲɔmuso cɛ ka ɲi bi dɛ!
SARA: Tiɲɛ don!
ABI: Ni furu sirila, an bɛ mun kɛ? [2]
SARA: Furu mana siri, an bɛna muguji min ka baro kɛ. [3]
ABI: Ni su kora, an bɛ mun kɛ?
SARA: Su mana ko, an bɛna dɔn kɛ!
ABI: Ni n tɛ dɔn kɛ ka ɲɛ, à bɛna kɛ baasi ye wa?
SARA: À tɛna kɛ baasi ye fewu! Nisɔndiya don dɔrɔn!

SARA: Abi, you've come? I am happy!
ABI: Yes, of course! It's a must. Today is a big today! [1]
SARA: Shall we not go and sit? [They go and sit under the tree where the ceremony will take place]
ABI: The bride is really beautiful today!
SARA: It's true!
ABI: Once the knot/marriage is tied, what do we do? [2]
SARA: When the marriage is tied, we will drink "flour water" and chat. [3]
ABI: When night falls, what do we do?
SARA: When night falls, we will dance!
ABI: If I don't dance well, will it be a problem?
SARA: It won't be a problem at all. It's just (for fun) [lit. "a celebration"]!

 

Grammar Points

  • 1) Expressing "to be/become" with ka kɛ X ye
  • 2) Expressing "if/when" with ni
  • 3) Compound nouns (Noun + Noun, etc)

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