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SITUATION: Abi's younger male cousin Adama brings her to his "grɛn" (a tea-drinking group).
ADAMA: Abi, an ka grɛn ye nin ye. Te ka di i ye? [1]
ABI: Kojugu! N bɛ te wuli k'à min tuma bɛɛ! [2][3]
ADAMA: O ka ɲi. Hɔn! Te filɛ.
ABI: Sukaro b'à la? Sukaro caman man di n ye.
ADAMA: Sukaro dɔɔnin b'à la!
ABI: I ni ce! Tiga tɛ yen?
ADAMA: Tiɲɛ na, tiga si tɛ yen.
ABI: Ɛ Ala! Aw tɛ taa maribatiga dɔ san?
ADAMA: Wari foyi tɛ!
ABI: Aw fana sa! Wari filɛ. Taa dɔ san! [4]
ADAMA: Abi, this our tea-drinking group. Do you like tea? [1]
ABI: A ton! I make tea and I drink it all the time! [2]
ADAMA: That's good. Here! Here's some tea.
ABI: Is there sugar in it? I don't like a lot of sugar.
ADAMA: There's a little bit of sugar!
ABI: Thanks! Are there any peanuts?
ADAMA: In truth, there's no peanuts.
ABI: Oh God! (Why) don't you go buy some roasted peanuts?
ADAMA: (There's) zero money.
ABI: Come on, you guys! Look, here's money. Go buy some!
ABI: A ton! I make tea and I drink it all the time! [2]
ADAMA: That's good. Here! Here's some tea.
ABI: Is there sugar in it? I don't like a lot of sugar.
ADAMA: There's a little bit of sugar!
ABI: Thanks! Are there any peanuts?
ADAMA: In truth, there's no peanuts.
ABI: Oh God! (Why) don't you go buy some roasted peanuts?
ADAMA: (There's) zero money.
ABI: Come on, you guys! Look, here's money. Go buy some!
Grammar Points
- 1) Expressing "to like" with
X ka di Y ye - 2) Sequential verb constructions with
ka - 3) Determiners
- 4) The particle
sa
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Vocab
- grɛn
- tea-drinking group [< Fr. "grin"]
- te
- tea
- ka mɔ
- to ripen; to be ready [for tea, foods, etc]
- sukaro
- sugar
- ka te wuli
- to prepare/make tea [Lit. "to raise tea"]
- tiga
- peanut(s)
- ka tiga ɲimi
- to eat peanuts [Lit. "to chew peanuts"]
- maribatiga
- salted roasted peanut(s)
- kɔgɔ
- salt
- baro
- chatting
- k'à baro
- to entertain sb via conversation [Lit. "to chat sb"]
- ka baro kɛ
- to chat
- wɛri/wɛrɛ
- a glass [< Fr. verre]
- ka kuma
- to talk
- kuma
- talk; words; remarks
- fɔlɔ
- yet [Lit. "first"]
- kaban
- already [< ka ban "to end"]
- k'à balabala
- to boil sth
- teri
- friend
- sigiyɔrɔ
- chair; seat; bench [lit. "sit-place"]
- X ka di Y ye
- Y likes X [Lit. "X is pleasing to Y"]
- X man di Y ye
- Y doesn't like X [Lit. "X isn't pleasing to Y"]
- ka
- infinitive marker
- An bɛ te min ka baro kɛ
- We drink tea and chat
- N nana baro kɛ
- I came and chatted / I came to chat
- N taara te min
- I went and drank tea / I went to drink tea
- ka sɔrɔ ka
- "and then"
- Adama ye te wuli ka sɔrɔ k'à min
- Adama prepared tea and then drank it
- sa
- exasperation particle
- "O man ɲi sa!"
- "That's no good, man!"
- Aw fana sa!
- "Man, you guys (are killing me)!" [Lit. "Y'all too, man!]
- bɛɛ
- all; each
- dɔ
- some
- si
- none; any
- foyi/fosi
- none; nothing
- wɛrɛ
- another; other
- dɔwɛrɛ
- another one; some other one
- dɔrɔn
- only
- Hɔn!
- Here! [as in, "Here, take this"]