I ni se! Welcome to the Basic Bambara Grammar Manual!
This a virtual book that pairs video lectures with written chapters, audio flashcards and interactive exercises to teach the basics of Manding grammar.
It started out as a complement to the Basic Bambara video series on YouTube.
The chapters of Volume I are fully integrated into the Beginner Bambara Course.
Looking for Volume II? Click here!
Chapters
1-10
- 1) Greetings
- 2) Presentatives
- 3) Greetings Extended
- 4) Goodbyes & Benedictions
- 5) Introductions
- 5.5) Last Name Shout-Outs
- 6) Bambara's Latin Alphabet
- 7) The N'ko Alphabet
- 8) Essential Expressions
- 9) Equatives
- 10) Qualitative Verbs
11-20
- 11) Situatives
- 12) Pronouns
- 13) Possessive Noun Phrases
- 14) Numbers 1-10
- 15) Plurals
- 16) Verbs in the Present
- 17) Question Words
- 18) Adjectives
- 19) Verbs in the Past
- 20) Imperatives
Drafts
- Simple Conjunction PhrasesExperimental (wa (fana) and ani fana)
- Verb Types and Light Verb ConstructionsExperimental (-li/ni and ka NOUN kɛ)
- Agentive Suffixes (-la, -baga, etc)
- Colors