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| 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.
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Exercise 3
Translate this story into Zarma .
- Exercise 4
Translate to Zarma: fill in the frames
with the suggested predicates.
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Exercise 1 Translate this story into English
| Zarma |
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| Boro dunguriyo fo go no ga dira fonda ra. |
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| Goudel boro no. |
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| A go koy habu bene. |
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| A kaa habo ra. |
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| Habo ra hab'izey go no. |
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| Goudel bora ne: Ay ga day goroŋo fo. |
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| (Bora ne nga ga goroŋo fo day.) |
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| A di hab'ize fo. |
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| Hab'izo gonda goroŋo taci. |
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| Afo i ra (= One of them) goroŋgari no. |
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| A ga beri no. |
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| Goudel bora n'a day. |
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| A kond'a fu. |
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| A ne hunkuna nga gonda nga hab'ize. |
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| A ne: Araŋ di ay goroŋgaro, wala? |
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| A ga beri. |
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Exercise 2 Translate into English
| Zarma |
English |
| Musu beri ga futu. |
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| Fonda ga tafey. |
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| Fu fo ga kankam. |
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| Iri gonda fu kankamanta. |
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| Fu kankamanta no. |
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| A ga furo fu kankamanta ra. |
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| Bari kayna ga futu. |
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| Iri maa musu beri hinka jindey. |
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| Ni ga konda hay fo Monsieur do. |
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| Ni ga kande yo hinka. |
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| Suba ay ga yo fo day. |
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| Yo ga ku no; a ga beri mo. |
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| Boro ga bari
kaaru, da farka, da yo, da haw. |
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| A ban, wala? |
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| Haŋ'a. |
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| Bero go no mo. |
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| A na hari kayna ceci. |
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| A dira fondo kuko boŋ. |
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Niger laabo ga tafey. |
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| Goroŋo kayniyo, goroŋ'ize no. |
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| Fu meyo (= the door) ga hay. |
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| A furo me hayyanta ra. |
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| Alboro kuku fo kande hay fo. |
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| Iri maa goroŋgari jinde mo. |
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| 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. |
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| The day after tomorrow you will set out. |
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| He has two donkeys at home. |
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| The village market is big. |
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| They came out of the big market. |
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| His car (= mota) hit a small dog and killed it. |
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| It is a narrow road. |
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| The house is tall and wide. |
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| The bad cat climbed up on the table; it ate my small bird. |
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| In the early afternoon one (a person) goes into his house and lies down. |
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| A tall man rode a small horse. |
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| Day before yesterday they sought the way home and they saw it. |
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| 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. |
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| The small man is walking down the road. |
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| The small man is doing work. |
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| The small man is coming out of the house. |
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| The small man is seeking the way home. |
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| The small man is riding a donkey. |
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| The small man is bringing something; it's a hen. |
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| The small man is taking a big sheep to his wife. |
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Exercise 4b
Translate into Zarma:
fill in the frames with the suggested predicates
'Every day I ..'
| English |
Zarma |
| Every day I eat food. |
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| Every day I do work at my house. |
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| Every day I drink water. |
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| Every day I see something. |
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| Every day I hear children's voices. |
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| Every day I love you (plural). |
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Last updated:
22 januari 2012
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