Dialog Vocab
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- k'à karan
- to study/read sth
- karan
- studies/reading
- ka karan kɛ
- to study/read [Lit. "to do studies/reading"]
- k'à sɛbɛ
- to write sth
- sɛbɛli
- writing; instance of writing
- ka sɛbɛli kɛ
- to write [Lit. "to do writing"]
- gbɛlɛn
- difficult
- nɔɔn/nɔɔ
- easy
- o
- that
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Dialog
Audio file
CONTEXT: Abi is doing some self-guided Maninka study in the courtyard. Her cousin Sita is curious about Abi's studies and comes over.
SITA: I ye karan kɛla? [1]
ABI: Ɔnhɔn. Karan ne. N ye maninkakan karanna. [2]
SITA: Maninkakan?!
ABI: Ɔnhɔn kɛ! [3]
SITA: I kà à sɛbɛli lɔn? [4]
ABI: Dɔɔnin. I ye à sɛbɛli lɔnna?
SITA: Ɔn-ɔn. N m'à karan.
ABI: À karan man gbɛlɛn.
SITA: K'à sɛbɛ, o ka nɔɔn? [5]
ABI: Kosɛbɛ! À fɛlɛ! N di sɛbɛli kɛ. [She writes a few words in Maninka]
SITA: Ka karan kɛ, o ka di dɛ!
ABI: Tuɲa le. Karan ka ɲi.
SITA: Are you studying? [1]
ABI: Yes. It's studies. I am studying Maninka. [2]
SITA: Maninka?!
ABI: Yes, of course! [3]
SITA: You know its writing? [4]
ABI: A little bit. Do you write it?
SITA: No. I haven't studied it.
ABI: Its study isn't difficult.
SITA: To write it, is that easy? [5]
ABI: Very! Look (at it)! I write. [She writes a few words in Maninka]
SITA: To study, that is really nice!
ABI: That's the truth. Studies are good.
ABI: Yes. It's studies. I am studying Maninka. [2]
SITA: Maninka?!
ABI: Yes, of course! [3]
SITA: You know its writing? [4]
ABI: A little bit. Do you write it?
SITA: No. I haven't studied it.
ABI: Its study isn't difficult.
SITA: To write it, is that easy? [5]
ABI: Very! Look (at it)! I write. [She writes a few words in Maninka]
SITA: To study, that is really nice!
ABI: That's the truth. Studies are good.
Grammar Points
- 1) Light-verb constructions
- 2) Verbs converting to nouns
- 3) The particle
kɛ - 4) Making action nouns with
-li/ni - 5) Verbal citation forms and topicalization (with
o)
Lesson
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