'Tunga' kɔrɔ ko di?

Intro

In the following video, people in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso respond to my questions about tunga.

The word tunga is a noun that, at its simplest, has at least two senses:

1. foreign land
2. adventure

The two of course are interrelated.

Tunga, in theory, can refer to a place, any place, away from "home" in the broadest sense. It functions therefore similarly to "overseas" or "abroad" in English, but with the nuance that it doesn't necessarily mean that you crossed the sea or that you have left your country necessarily.

Tunga also refers to what West Africans often gloss as "adventure" — that is, the experience of being "away from home" for the purposes of seeking one's forture.

The video is roughly two question segments from Episode 7 of Na baro kè.

Watch

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List of Selected Grammar Points

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Grammar Points Explained

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