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| 8.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:
"Habo ra"
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Boro
marge no kaa ne hunkuna? |
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Ay si
bay; ay mana di ey. |
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Gondi
marge no ni di? |
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Ba afo.
Ay si ba r’ey mo. |
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Iri na
tira wo caw, amma a gay; a si te
koyne. |
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I n’ay
donton ŋwari ceciyan se. |
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Habu
koyyan si fala. |
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Dela way
cindi gu si jiney bobo day, amma
boro ga du ŋwari hanno sohon. |
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Dela
waranka ihinka si, a si kilo fo ham
day. |
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Ba boro
kan ga ni bay, a si neera ni se fala. |
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Wayboro
bobo ga kaa habu susubey kulu. |
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I ga
kande haamo da kolkoti da labtanda da gunguri. |
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Amma han
kulu i s’i kulu neera. |
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Ni koy
habu susub’o, wala? |
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Abada!
Ay mana koy. |
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Ay mana
ba fatta fuwo ra susub’o. |
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Wayborey
kan ga kaa habu, i ga kaa
ihinka-ihinka wala ihinza-ihinza; i
si kaa afo-afo. |
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Exercise 2 Translate into English:
"Zanka darey"
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Zarma |
English |
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Bi ay
koy kwaara fo; zanka fo darey, ay mo
n’a ceci. |
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Kwaara borey ne, zanka fo kaa i do; amma
manti nga no kan iri go no ga ceci. |
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Amma
boreydin mana cimi ci, zama zankadin
go no. |
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Exercise 3
Translate into Zarma "the snake"
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Zarma |
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Snakes
come in the night. |
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One came
to our door last night. |
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Did you
see it? I didn’t. |
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I didn’t
even look at it. |
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Even
though it was dead,
I will not look at it. |
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Exercise 4 Translate into Zarma:
"Shopping"
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English |
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Every
morning a woman comes to my
compound. |
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She
sells beans, rice, onions, squash,
and eggs. |
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I shall
buy eggs three for two delas, but
not a dela each. |
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There
are not many oranges, but limes will
do for us. |
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Limes
are 8 for 2 delas. (the "for" is not
transferable) |
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Exercise 5 Translate into Zarma:
"Food"
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English |
Zarma |
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Africans
make food with guinea corn, but
white people like wheat. |
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Yesterday my mother didn’t buy meat,
but today she will buy meat and also
onions. |
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They
will take the meat out of the dish. |
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They
will take the money from the child. |
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Exercise 6 Translate into Zarma: negative, past tense
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We didn’t
remove the oranges |
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We didn’t
see the European |
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We didn’t
obtain the money |
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We didn’t
seek you (plural). |
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We didn’t
know that African. |
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Exercise 7 Translate into Zarma: negative, future tense
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English |
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We won’t
remove the oranges |
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We won’t
see the European |
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We won’t
obtain the money |
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We won’t
seek you (plural). |
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We won’t
know that African. |
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Last updated:
11 maart 2012
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