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| 12.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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Fondo kulu ga to kwaara fo. |
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Iri kubanda Saley fonda me ga. |
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Nga nda nga bere hinza no kan kaa. |
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Ma kond' ay se goro. |
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Ay sinda goro bobo, kala afollon. |
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M' a naŋ jina. |
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Kond' i se hanyan hari, zama a ma
jaw. |
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Exercise 2 Translate into English
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Zarma |
English |
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Nda boro koy Goudel, ni ga di bogoto
fu bobo. |
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Ba bi ay gar i go no ga fu fo cina
nda fereje nodin. |
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Amma i ga ba fereje bobo hal' a kulu
ma ban. |
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Fereje zangu nda waranza si fu
kayniyo cina. |
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Amma i ga ba kwatakuyan fu meyo da
fenetarey se, manti botogo. |
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Exercise 3 Translate into English
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Zarma |
English |
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Habodo boro fo go no kan ga borey
cabu. |
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I ga ne a se wanzam. |
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A ga goro ganda, boro kan ga ba ga cabu mo ga goro a jina, hala a m' a
cabu. |
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Sini afollon ga te boro kulu se. |
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Wanzam sini ga kaan. |
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Exercise 4 Translate to English:
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Zarma |
English |
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Wayboroyan go no kanyan ga zaama
neera habo ra. |
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Ay koy habu zama ay ma zaama hinza
day. |
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I boro hinka ga kaan, afa si kaan,
amma i kulu ga te. |
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Ni m' afo sambu da ni ga ba r' a. |
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Exercise 5 Translate to English
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Zarma |
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Guna, ay kande kalam bobo kan ni ga
neera zankey se. |
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Haggoy ni ma si i mun laabo ra. |
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Marge no? |
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Watokan ay n' i kabu, ay du zangu
ihinka se. |
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Exercise 6 Translate to Zarma:
Indefinite plural
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English |
Zarma |
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Bricks are hard. |
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Only Europeans live in that house. |
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Razors are sharp. |
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Some tailors live beside our
compound. |
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Be careful of (nda) that dog;
some dogs are mean. |
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They sell shoes in market |
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That child put on shirts because
rain came. |
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We saw some people who said I should
greet you. |
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Exercise 7 Translate to Zarma:
Higher numbers
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English |
Zarma |
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(For) how much did you buy that
home. |
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I bought it (for) 6,000 francs. |
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Fine. |
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It is cheap. |
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They sell a camel (for) 8,400
francs. |
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But a small sheep is only 900 or
1000 francs. |
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There 's a man in this town who has
75 sheep, if it isn't 80. |
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Exercise 8 Translate to Zarma:
Hala & Kala
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English |
Zarma |
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Don't throw away the drinking
water until you get it again.
throw away = furu |
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Keep it safe until this evening. |
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I went clear to the river's edge,
but I didn't come across your
antelope that is lost. |
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Have you any food there? |
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Nobody is hungry, except you only. |
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Our children will take care of us
until our dying day. (hane). |
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Last updated:
07 februari 2012
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