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15.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:
verb-link conjunction
Zarma |
English |
I goro ga fulanzam. |
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Ma dangey ga maa. |
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A zuru ga koy ga di. |
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A zuru ga koy di. |
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Ma koy ga fu meyo daabu. |
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Borey ga maa Almishu baro ga Irikoy
fonda suban. |
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Ni kaŋ ga ni boŋ maray? |
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Ma dangey hala ni ma maa.
(compare with second
sentence)
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Exercise 2 Translate into English:
a conversation
Zarma |
English |
Aysa: Ifo se no wandiyo wo kaa
kwaara sohon? |
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Kadiija: A kaa zama a ga ba ay ma nga
boŋ hamno turu. |
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Aysa: Haba? Ay mana bay ni ga wani
turuyan. |
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Kadiija: Oho. Za ay go zanka, ay nya g'
a te. |
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Sohon ay mo g' a te wayboro se. |
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Aysa: Man ni nya go sohon? |
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Kadiija: A si fu; a koy hala Table,
Filingue hare. |
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Za habu hinka no a koy. |
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Aysa: Ifo se no a koy nodin? |
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Kadiija: Ni mana bay ay kayne ga ba ga hay? |
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Aysa: Ay mana bay. |
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Ni man' a ci ay se. |
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Exercise 3 Translate into English:
a conversation
Zarma |
English |
a: Madame a gay ay mana di nin. |
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Manan ni ga kaa ga di ay watikulu;
amma sohon ni ga te handu wala hinza
ni si kaa. |
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b: Ay coro, ni ga cim! |
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Ay gay ga fay nin. |
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Amma ni mo, ni mana bay ay izey kulu
sinda baani? |
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a: Jam! |
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Ifo ga du ey? |
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b: To, i gahamey kulu ga koron gumo. |
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I si ba ŋwari mo. |
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Amma sohon i te dama. |
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a: Madala ! |
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Irikoy ma tonton baani ! |
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a: Amin ! |
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Exercise 4 Translate to Zarma:
shopping
English |
Zarma |
This morning my father told me to
come and see him in Niamey, because
he can't come here tomorrow. |
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I want you to go to the market and
buy me 150 francs worth of mutton, 75
francs worth of bananas. |
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Choose bananas that are good and
ripe, (*) because I want to eat them
today. (*) kan nin ka bori |
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Here is the money. |
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If there is any left, you may
take(*) it.
(*) sambu |
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Exercise 5 Translate to Zarma:
verb-link conjunction
Zarma |
English |
Sit down here and read your letter
to me. |
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Loan me 200 francs; I will pay you
back at the end of the month(*).
(*) if the month dies |
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We are going to Goudel to see
whether we can rent a horse. |
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Come back and close the door. |
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The woman dressed this young girl's
hair. |
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Exercise 6 Translate to
Zarma: hunting
English |
Zarma |
Hama: Yusufu loan me your gun. |
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Yusufu: I can't loan it to you
because my brother has it. |
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Hama: Does you brother have a
hunting license(*)?
(*) hunting
papers |
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Yusufu: No, but I loaned him my
license. |
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Hama: Hey ! Careful they don't
put you both in jail ! |
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Exercise 7 Translate to Zarma: bad
eggs
English |
Zarma |
A woman came to my house yesterday
afternoon to sell eggs. |
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I put them all in water, but I
didn't even find one that was good. |
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Today I will go to the village and
see if I can find some that are
good. |
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Exercise 8 Translate to Zarma:
crop failure
English |
Zarma |
Did you farm do well this year? |
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No, we didn't get much millet. |
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I suppose I shall have to(*) borrow
money .
(*) look up "tilas"
in Lesson 10 |
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If not (*) we
shall not get much food this year.
(*) da manti
yadin |
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To bad ! |
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Well, may God give to you. |
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Last updated:
05 februari 2012
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