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| 10.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.
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Exercise 1 Translate into English
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Zarma |
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Ay ci a se a ma haamo hina sohon,
zama ay ga ba ay ma ŋwa. |
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I ga mowa hina kusu bero ra, zama a si ban kusu kayna ra.
(ban = finish, end; fit) |
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Zanka fo ga kande hari, zama fobu
wone sinda hari hanno. |
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Boro bobo ga kaa ay kwaara, zama i ma
ŋwa. |
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Ifo n'ay ga te da ŋwari si no? |
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Exercise 2 Translate into English:
subjunctives
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Zarma |
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Da ni koy fu hunkuna, tilas ni ma
koy ce ga, zama ay mota si no. |
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Ifo se ni mana yadda ay ma koy? |
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A mana hima ni ma ci a se wodin. |
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Ni mana hima ka ci a se wodin. |
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Haggoy tassa wo ma si kaŋ. |
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Ay muso ga kani ay daro jerga cin
kulu. |
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Iri ga fu meyo fiti hala a ma fatta. |
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Hano fo a kaaru tablo boŋ; ay n'a kar
mo. |
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Ay ci a se a ma si te yadin koyne. |
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Boro fo n'ay nooru zey bi cin. |
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May no k'a te? |
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Ay si bay. |
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Ay ga ba ay ma du hansi zama a m'ay
fuwo batu cino ra. |
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Exercise 3 Translate into English:
conditional clauses
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Zarma |
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Irikoy g'iri zunubey kulu yafa nda
iri n'a ηwaaray Yesu Almasihu do. |
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Nd'ay bay gondi go no, doŋ ay si
kaaru tuuri nyaŋo ra.
(tuuri nyaŋo = fruit tree) |
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Amma a mana ay nama, ay g'iri Irikoy
sabu. |
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Irikoy go no g'iri haggoy han kulu. |
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Susubo ay koy Karma zama ay m'ay kayne
fo. |
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Amma nd'ay n (na?) tira wo caw, doŋ
ay ga koy bi wala bi fo. |
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Exercise 4 Translate to Zarma:
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English |
Zarma |
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Where is Musa? |
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I don't know. |
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I have been looking for him since
this morning, but I haven't seen him
anywhere.
(anywhere = nankulu) |
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This bread has no salt, it isn't
good. |
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I eat bread everyday, but Zarmas
don't even eat much bread. |
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You ought to add a little onion to
the meat. |
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I want to eat now because they have
cooked the food. |
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What kind of meat is this? (What
meat which kind is this?) |
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I don't know; it wasn't I (who)
bought it. |
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For how much did they buy it? (the
"for" isn't translated). |
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I don't know, but they should not
have bought it (for) much money. |
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It isn't at all tasty. |
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Exercise 5 Translate to Zarma:
conversation
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English |
Zarma |
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When are you coming to me? |
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This afternoon, if God wills. |
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You are bringing me a cooking pot,
aren't you? |
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I want you to bring the water jug
too, if you agree. |
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Who is coming with you? |
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My little brother; he want to read. |
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Did you tell him to bring his book? |
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Yes. I told him, but he said it's
lost. |
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Well, tell him he should look for
it. |
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We came yesterday, but you weren't
home. |
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Will you stay home today? |
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Yes. When you came yesterday we had
gone into town. |
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We visited at Hayssa's. |
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We wanted to go to yonder town, and
we begged Monsieur to take us, but
he didn't agree. |
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Exercise 6 Translate to Zarma:
emphatics
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Zarma |
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He bought the big bed; you brought
it home. |
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We and the children ran, it was
he who fell. |
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Did they come? |
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Two men and one woman came, she
greets you. |
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He saw it, but I didn't. |
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*1 the underlined words
should be emphasized.
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Last updated:
11 maart 2012
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