5.E. Exercises

Your are advised to print the tables with exercises and to fill in. The exercises form a separate page, therefore only the exercises will be printed.
You can check your answers using the Answer book.

  • Exercise 1 Translate this story into English
  • Exercise 2 Translate into English.
  • Exercise 3 Translate this story into Zarma .
  • Exercise 4 Translate to Zarma: fill in the frames with the suggested predicates.


Exercise 1 Translate this story into English
Zarma English
Boro dunguriyo fo go no ga dira fonda ra.  

 

Goudel boro no.  

 

A go koy habu bene.  

 

A kaa habo ra.  

 

Habo ra hab'izey go no.  

 

Goudel bora ne: Ay ga day goroŋo fo.  

 

(Bora ne nga ga goroŋo fo day.)  

 

A di hab'ize fo.  

 

Hab'izo gonda goroŋo taci.  

 

Afo i ra (= One of them) goroŋgari no.  

 

A ga beri no.  

 

Goudel bora n'a day.  

 

A kond'a fu.  

 

A ne hunkuna nga gonda nga hab'ize.  

 

A ne: Araŋ di ay goroŋgaro, wala?  

 

A ga beri.  

 

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Exercise 2 Translate into English
Zarma English
Musu beri ga futu.  

 

Fonda ga tafey.  

 

Fu fo ga kankam.  

 

Iri gonda fu kankamanta.  

 

Fu kankamanta no.  

 

A ga furo fu kankamanta ra.  

 

Bari kayna ga futu.  

 

Iri maa musu beri hinka jindey.  

 

Ni ga konda hay fo Monsieur do.  

 

Ni ga kande yo hinka.  

 

Suba ay ga yo fo day.  

 

Yo ga ku no; a ga beri mo.  

 

Boro ga bari kaaru, da farka, da yo, da haw.  

 

A ban, wala?  

 

Haŋ'a.  

 

Bero go no mo.  

 

A na hari kayna ceci.  

 

A dira fondo kuko boŋ.  

 

Niger laabo ga tafey.  

 

Goroŋo kayniyo, goroŋ'ize no.  

 

Fu meyo (= the door) ga hay.  

 

A furo me hayyanta ra.  

 

Alboro kuku fo kande hay fo.  

 

Iri maa goroŋgari jinde mo.  

 

I go no ga hen.  

 

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Exercise 3 Translate this story into Zarma
English Zarma
I will go to your country tomorrow.  

 

The day after tomorrow you will set out.  

 

He has two donkeys at home.  

 

The village market is big.  

 

They came out of the big market.  

 

His car (= mota) hit a small dog and killed it.  

 

It is a narrow road.  

 

The house is tall and wide.  

 

The bad cat climbed up on the table; it ate my small bird.  

 

 

In the early afternoon one (a person) goes into his house and lies down.  

 

 

A tall man rode a small horse.  

 

Day before yesterday they sought the way home and they saw it.  

 

 

A man in our town (our town person one) has a stallion, two mares, a ram, eight ewes and three cows.  

 

 

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Exercise 4a Translate into Zarma:
fill in the frames with the suggested predicates
'The small man ..'
English Zarma
The small man is sitting down.  

 

The small man is walking down the road.  

 

The small man is doing work.  

 

The small man is coming out of the house.  

 

The small man is seeking the way home.  

 

 

The small man is riding a donkey.  

 

The small man is bringing something; it's a hen.  

 

 

The small man is taking a big sheep to his wife.  

 

 



Exercise 4b Translate into Zarma:
fill in the frames with the suggested predicates
'Every day I ..'
English Zarma
Every day I eat food.  

 

Every day I do work at my house.  

 

Every day I drink water.  

 

Every day I see something.  

 

Every day I hear children's voices.  

 

Every day I love you (plural).  

 

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Last updated: 22 januari 2012