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Dialog Vocab
- kɔ
- postposition meaning "after" (< kɔ "back")
- dulɔki
- shirt
- kɛmɛ
- (one) hundred
- barika
- interjection used to say "Lower the price!"
- ka dɔ bɔ à la
- Lit. "to take some off of it"
- ka dɔ fara à kan
- Lit. "to add some on top of it"
- k'à di
- to give sth
Dialog
Audio file
SITUATION: Abi is at the market and she has stopped to look at some shirts that a vendor is selling.
FEEREKƐLA: I bɛ mun kɔ? [1]
ABI: Nin dulɔki ye joli ye?
FEEREKƐLA: Kɛmɛ duuru.
ABI: À sɔngɔ ka gɛlɛn. [2]
FEEREKƐLA: Kɛmɛ naani ni bi duuru.
ABI: Barika! I tɛ dɔ bɔ à la? [3]
FEEREKƐLA: Joli b'i bolo?
ABI: Kɛmɛ saba.
FEEREKƐLA: I tɛ dɔ fara à kan?
ABI: Kɛmɛ naani filɛ.
FEEREKƐLA: À di.
FEEREKƐLA: What are you looking for? [1]
ABI: How much is this shirt?
FEEREKƐLA: 2,500 CFA.
ABI: It's expensive. [2]
FEEREKƐLA: 2,250.
ABI: Come on! Won't you take some off (the price) of it? [3]
FEEREKƐLA: How much do you have?
ABI: 1,500.
FEEREKƐLA: Won't you add some on top of it?
ABI: Here's 2000.
FEEREKƐLA: Give it.
ABI: How much is this shirt?
FEEREKƐLA: 2,500 CFA.
ABI: It's expensive. [2]
FEEREKƐLA: 2,250.
ABI: Come on! Won't you take some off (the price) of it? [3]
FEEREKƐLA: How much do you have?
ABI: 1,500.
FEEREKƐLA: Won't you add some on top of it?
ABI: Here's 2000.
FEEREKƐLA: Give it.
Grammar Points
- 1) Expressing "to seek" or "to look for" with
kɔ - 2) Describing things metaphorically with qualitative verbs
- 3) Verbs and indirect objects
Lesson
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