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| 13.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:
adjectives
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Zarma |
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Tuuri wo ibambata no. |
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Sandurkodin, izeno no; a si te koyne. |
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Da boro sinda baani, hari yeno si
bori; idungu no a ga ba. |
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Da boro cora gonda ize hanno, ni ga
maa a kaani, amma may ga ba imeri? |
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Exercise 2 Translate into English:
reciprocal
pronouns
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Zarma |
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Iri ma wa day cere banda. |
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I go ga goy cere banda. |
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I go ga goy cere se. |
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Araŋ ma fu cina cere se. |
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Iri kubanda cere. |
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I go tarey, i go ga goro cere banda;
i ga fakare nda cere. |
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Kwaara alborey koy foyan cere banda. |
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Exercise 3 Translate into English
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Zarma |
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Bi fo ay day litre hinza wa Bubon
wayboro fo do, amma watokan ay n' a
dooru tasa ra, ay gar a hasara. |
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Ay n' a mun zama a si bori. |
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Amma wokan ay day hunkuna, igani no. |
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Ni m' a dooru kusu fo ra. |
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Haggoy! Wa kay! |
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Ni si go ga di a go no ga mun, wala? |
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Ni ga ba wa moro, wala? |
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Han'a, a si kaan ay se ba kayna, amma
a ga kaan bori bi se. |
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I g' a haŋ. |
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Exercise 4 Translate to English
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Zarma |
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Sohon zaari kulu wayna ga koroŋ. |
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Boro ga maa fufule ba fuwo ra. |
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Amma cino ra a ga te dama. |
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Man ni go bi? |
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Bi ay sinda baani, wodin sabbese ay
mana kaa goy. |
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A sinda tali, amma hunkuna ni ma ni
goyo te a kulu. |
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Exercise 5 Translate to English
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Zarma |
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Susub'o Monsieur da Adam koy foyan. |
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I na curo-bi taci hay. |
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Cimi no? |
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Ifo no i n' i hay da? |
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I n' i kar da malfa. |
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I ne, curo-bi bobo go ganjo ra. |
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Wodin cimi no, zama ba bi fo ay bere
di ibobo Dosso fondo ga. |
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Exercise 6 Translate to English
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English |
Zarma |
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Zanka bobo kaa ay do bi. |
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Ay na Irikoy tira caw i se; iri na
beytu fo te; wodin banda i dira. |
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Amma hunkuna wokanyan kaa, manti
ibobo no. |
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Exercise 7 Translate to Zarma:
warm weather
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English |
Zarma |
Bring me a little cool water
(a little water that is cool)
because I am thirsty. |
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It is very hot today, but it was
cool last night. |
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The sun is very hot now, but when
the rain comes, it will be better. |
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Exercise 8 Translate to Zarma: the
tailor
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English |
Zarma |
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We went to the tailor in order for
him to sew me a dress, but we did
not find him at his place. |
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The clothes he made for my friend
please him very much. |
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The sewing on these pants (this
pants sewing) is not good. |
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I will not buy it. |
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Exercise 9 Translate to Zarma: the
hunt
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English |
Zarma |
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We went hunting this afternoon. |
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We killed a deer in the bush; its
meat is good (tasting). |
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If you work well, tomorrow we can go
hunting together. [can = hin ka] |
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Exercise 10 Translate to Zarma: be
careful
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Zarma |
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Be careful ! |
Haggoy fa ! |
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Don't sit on that box, because it is
not strong (has no strength). |
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Bring me a drink of water. |
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Stop ! Don't you see that the water
is spilling? |
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If it falls on my book, it will be
spoiled. |
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I don't want it to be necessary to
throw it away. |
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Last updated:
11 maart 2012
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