Dialog Vocab
- bolo
- arm/hand
- fɛ
- at the place of [cf. Fr. chez]
- denmoso
- daughter [lit. "child-woman"]
- denkɛ
- son [lit. "child-man"]
- si
- lifespan; age
- san
- year
Dialog
SITUATION: The neighbor stops by Abi's family's courtyard. She ends up chatting with him and asks about his family.
ABI: Moso y'i bolo? [1]
SIGIƝƆGƆN: Ɔnhɔn. N kà muso fudu, à mɛɛnda dɔɔnɛn. [2]
ABI: Den y'álu fɛ?
SIGIƝƆGƆN: Ɔnhɔn. Den fila. Kɛ kelen, moso kelen.
ABI: Álu denmoso si ye san jeli le di? [3]
SIGIƝƆGƆN: N denmoso ye san tan ni wɔɔrɔ la. [4]
ABI: Álu denkɛ si ye san jeli le di?
SIGIƝƆGƆN: Mugan.
ABI: Sanji jeli y'i jɛdɛ bolo?
SIGIƝƆGƆN: N kɔdɔda dɛ!
ABI: Do you have a wife? [1]
SIGIƝƆGƆN: Yes. I married a woman a while back. [2]
ABI: Do you all have a child?
SIGIƝƆGƆN: Yes. Two children. One "man", one "woman".
ABI: How old is your all's daughter? [3]
SIGIƝƆGƆN: My daughter's age is sixteen years. [4]
ABI: How old is your son?
SIGIƝƆGƆN: Twenty.
ABI: How many years do you yourself have?
SIGIƝƆGƆN: I am old, man!
SIGIƝƆGƆN: Yes. I married a woman a while back. [2]
ABI: Do you all have a child?
SIGIƝƆGƆN: Yes. Two children. One "man", one "woman".
ABI: How old is your all's daughter? [3]
SIGIƝƆGƆN: My daughter's age is sixteen years. [4]
ABI: How old is your son?
SIGIƝƆGƆN: Twenty.
ABI: How many years do you yourself have?
SIGIƝƆGƆN: I am old, man!
Grammar Points
- 1) Possession with
bolo,fɛ, etc - 2) Expressing "a long time ago" with
ka mɛɛn - 3) Talking about age
- 4) Counting above 10
Lesson
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