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| 11.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 gonda hay fo ay ga ba ay ma no ni
se. |
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Ma kaa ne hal'ay ma ni no nd'a. |
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Ni na haamo day, wala? |
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Oho, ay day. |
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Ma haamodin fay, a ma te kanandi. |
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Fati du nga ba za susub'o |
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Exercise 2 Translate into English
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Zarma |
English |
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Iri ma koy Niamey suba. |
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Nda iri di taamu hanney, iri g'i day. |
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Hawa kayne ga ba nga ma koy iri
banda zama a ma tafe bi day. |
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In da nin ga fula day suba. |
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Tako fo go Goudel kwaara kan gonda
tayla. |
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Hassan ne takwa te a se kway da
mudun, amma a sinda nooru kan g'a
bana. |
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A n'i jisi hal'a ma du nooru. |
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Exercise 3 Translate into English
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Zarma |
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Ay baba koy naruyan bi fo.
(naruyan = trip, journey) |
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Man n'a koy? |
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A ne way, nga koy Gao zama nga ma
salan da boŋkoni. |
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I ne noorukoy bobo go yongo. |
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Ay na wayboro fo bay kan koy naruyan. |
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A te habu hinza Lamorid, wodin banda
a koy Dosso. |
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Exercise 4 Translate to English:
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Zarma |
English |
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Kwaarakoy hanno si yadda borey ma
tali te kwaara ra, zama tali si bori. |
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Irikoy si yadda nda tali, hal'abada. |
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Amma Irikoy Izo ga tali kulu yafa
boro se kan g'a naney a ga. |
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Yafayan [= forgiveness] wo mo, a go no hal'abada. |
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May no ka kuso dake tablo boŋ? |
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Hassan no, zama ay ci a se a m'a
dake nodin.
[nodin = there in that place] |
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To, ni m'a kaa nodin. |
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M'a jisi ganda, fu meyo ga. |
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Exercise 5 Translate to Zarma:
There is ...
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English |
Zarma |
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There is the master of the house at
market. |
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There is a strong person on the
road. |
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There are four horsemen by that
house. |
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There is a person with long trousers
in the field. |
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There are three butchers in my car. |
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There are many travellers
(travelling owners) who came to our
town. |
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Exercise 6 Translate to Zarma:
Where is ...
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English |
Zarma |
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Where is the writer who has a red
hat? |
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Where is the one-eyed cook (owner of
one eye)? |
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Where is a bread maker who will tell
me? |
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Where is an avenger who will come to
my rescue? |
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Exercise 7 Translate to Zarma:
Imperatives
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English |
Zarma |
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Put the pants on the chair (use "ga"). |
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Let him save the sheep from the
tanner. |
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You (plural) separate the sheep from
the goats. |
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Let them travel by night not by day. |
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Tell him you will not repay it,
forever. |
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If you see the owner of this field,
tell him to come. |
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My shirt is torn.
[to be torn = pati] |
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Take it to the tailor so that he
will sew it today. |
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If you go to my house, you will see
my black hat. |
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Let them hear your health. |
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Let nobody take it away. |
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Last updated:
08 februari 2012
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