11.F Answers |
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Answers by the exercises of Lesson 11:
- Exercise 1. Translate into English
- Exercise 2. Translate into English: a visit to Niamey
- Exercise 3. Translate into English: a trip
- Exercise 4. Translate into English: to err
- Exercise 5. Translate into Zarma: There is ...
- Exercise 6. Translate into Zarma: Where is ...
- Exercise 7. Translate into Zarma: Imperative
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11.F.1 Answers exercise 1. Translate to English |
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| Zarma |
English |
| Ay gonda hay fo ay ga ba ay ma no ni
se. |
I have something that I want to give
to you. |
| Ma kaa ne hal'ay ma ni no nd'a. |
Come here so that I can give it to
you (outright). |
| Ni na haamo day, wala? |
Did you buy guinea corn? |
| Oho, ay day. |
Yes, I bought. |
| Ma haamo din fay, a ma te kanandi. |
Divide that guinea corn, make it a heap. |
| Fati du nga ba za susub'o |
Fati got her portion since this
morning. |
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11.F.2 Answers exercise 2. Translate to English: a visit to Niamey |
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| Zarma |
English |
| Iri ma koy Ɲamay suba. |
Let us go to Niamey tomorrow. |
| Nda iri di taamu hanney, iri g'i day. |
If we see beautiful shoes, we will
buy them. |
| Hawa kayne ga ba nga ma koy iri
banda zama a ma taafe bi day. |
Hawa's little sister (brother) wants
to go with us so that she (he) may
buy a black cloth (blanket). |
| In da nin ga fuula day suba. |
You and I will buy a hat tomorrow. |
| Taako fo go Goudel kwaara kan gonda
tayla. |
In Goudel isa tailor that has a sowing machine. |
| Hassan ne taakwa te a se kwaay da
mudun, amma a sinda nooru kan g'a
bana. |
Hassan said the tailor made him a
shirt*1 and trousers, but
he had no money to pay for it.
[literally: ... he had no money that
will it pay.] |
| A n'i jisi hal'a ma du nooru. |
He [the tailor] put them in a safe
place so that he*2 [Hassan]
may find money.*3 |
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in general, kwaay or kwaayi is a sewed upper garment |
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note that the second "a" is in the short form and not in the long form "nga", therefore it refers to someone else |
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note that the sentence is in the subjunctive and not in the indicative
... hal'a ma du nooru. = ... so that he may find money.
... hal'a ga du nooru. = ... until he will find money. |
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11.F.3 Answers to exercise 3. Translate to English: a trip |
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| Zarma |
English |
| Ay baaba koy naaruyaŋ bi fo. |
My father went on a trip before
yesterday. |
| Man n'a koy? |
Where did he go? |
| A ne way, nga koy Gao zama nga ma
salan da boŋkooni. |
He said to a woman, he went to Gao
in order to talk with a king. |
| I ne noorukoy boobo go yongo. |
They said many rich people are
yonder. |
| Ay na wayboro fo bay kan koy naaruyaŋ. |
I knew a woman that went on a
journey. |
| A te habu hinza Lamorid, wodin banda
a koy Dosso. |
She made three weeks in Lamorid,
after that she went to Dosso. |
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11.F.4 Answers to exercise 4. Translate to English: to err |
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| Zarma |
English |
| Kwaarakoy hanno si yadda borey ma
taali te kwaara ra, zama taali si boori. |
The good village chief doesn't
approve the people to make a fault
in the village, because a fault
isn't good. |
| Irikoy si yadda nda taali, hal'abada. |
God doesn't approve with wrong,
forever. |
| Amma Irikoy Izo ga taali kulu yaafa
boro se kan g'a naanay a gaa. |
But God's son will forgive a person
all faults when he trust in him. |
| Yaafayaŋ wo mo, a go no hal'abada. |
This forgiveness too, it is forever. |
| May no ka kuso dake tablo boŋ? |
Who placed the cooking pot on
the table? |
| Hassan no, zama ay ci a se a m'a
dake nodin. |
It was Hassan, because I said to him to
place it there in that place. |
| To, ni m'a kaa nodin. |
Well, take it away from that place
there. |
| M'a jisi ganda, fu meyo gaa. |
Place it carefully down next to the
(house) door. |
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11.F.5 Answers to exercise 5. Translate to Zarma: There is ... |
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| English |
Zarma |
| There is the master of the house at
market. |
Fukoyo go no habu ra. |
| There is a strong person on the
road. |
Gabikooni go no fonda boŋ. |
| There are four horsemen by that
house. |
Barikoy taaci go no fuwo din gaa. |
| There is a person with long trousers
in the field. |
Boro fo go no fari ra kan gonda
mudun kuuku. |
| There are three butchers in my car. |
Faawako hinza go no ay moota ra. |
| There are many travellers
(travelling owners) who came to our
town. |
Naarukoy boobo go no kaŋ kaa iri kwaara. |
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11.F.6 Answers to exercise 6. Translate to Zarma: Where is ... |
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| English |
Zarma |
| Where is the writer who has a red
hat? |
Man no hantumkwa kaŋ gonda fuula
ciray? |
| Where is the one-eyed cook (owner of
one eye)? |
Man no mo-fo-koy
hinako? |
| Where is a bread maker who will tell
me? |
Man no buuru teeko kan ga ci ay se? |
| Where is an avenger who will come to
my rescue? |
Man no banako kan ga fab' ay se.
Man no banako kan ga kaa ay faabayaŋ. |
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11.F.7 Answers to exercise 7. Translate to Zarma: Imperatives |
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| English |
Zarma |
| Put the pants on the chair (use 'gaa'). |
Muduno dake karga gaa. |
| Let him save the sheep from the
tanner. |
A ma feejo faaba garaasa gaa. |
| You (plural) separate the sheep from
the goats. |
Araŋ ma feejey fay hinciney gaa. |
| Let them travel by night not by day. |
I ma naaru cin ra, i ma si naaru zaari ra. |
| Tell him you will not repay it,
forever. |
A ma ci ni s'a bana, hal'abada. |
| If you see the owner of this field,
tell him to come. |
Nda ni di farodin koyo, (ni) ma ci a
se nga ma kaa. |
| My shirt is torn. |
Ay kwaayo pati. |
| Take it to the tailor so that he
will sew it today. |
Ma kond'a taakwa do, hal'a ma ta r'a
hunkuna. |
| If you go to my house, you will see
my black hat. |
Nda ni koy ay fuwo, ni ga di ay fuula
biyo. |
| Let them hear your health. |
I ma maa ni baano. |
| Let nobody take it away. |
Boro kulu si ma kaa
r'a. |
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