16.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 into English: part 1
Zarma English
Ay jin ka Zarma foy ηwa.  

 

 

 

A ga kaan, amma i ga tonko daη a ra hal manti mosso.  

 

 

 

Yadin ga, ay si hin ga ηwa ibobo; ay meyo ga wong' a se.  

 

 

 

   
Bi zanka fo go no ga kand' iri se wa, butel fo.  

 

 

A mana haggoy hal a ma bori, kala butel wo kaη ka bagu.  

 

 

 

 

Wa kulu mun.  

 

A ne: Wi za, ay te bonfutey hunkuna !  

 

 

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Exercise 2  Translate into English: part 2
Zarma English
Ay mana ho hala ni jin ka kaa; wi za ni go ne za bi.  

 

 

 

Boro kan si ga di d' a moy hinka, i ga ne a se danaw; ammo boro kan ga di da mo fo, i ga ne a se mo fo koy.  

 

 

 

 

 

Wandiyadin maray da kusa; naη i m' a safar sohon, za a mana te hinni.  

 

 

 

 

Ay ne ha: a ma kaa suba susubey nda hiney hal ay m'a safar.  

 

 

 

 

Zanka kan wayboradin kande, a sinda baani, ba kayna.  

 

 

 

 

Ifo ga du a ?  

 

To. A ga koto, a ga yeri, a ga koroŋ, a nina ga luttu mo.  

 

 

 

 

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Exercise 3  Translate into Zarma : part 1
English Zarma
I told them to close the door of my house (my house door); did they do it?  

 

 

 

No, they haven't done it yet.  

 

 

I have come to seek medicine.  

 

 

What is the matter with you?  

 

 

I didn't sleep last night and this morning I am not well !  

 

 

 

   
Have you had a change to read the letter you got this morning ?  

 

 

 

I have not read it yet, but I will do it now.  

 

 

What did it say ?  

 

It said my younger brother fell out of a tree and broke his leg.  

 

 

 

How awful !  

 

Could they fix it ?  

 

Yes, they put it in plaster (white man's clay).  

 

 

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Exercise 4  Translate to Zarma: part 2
English Zarma
Your father said he would come early, but I haven't seen him yet.  

 

 

 

 

Why is it ?  

 

Well, he hasn't come because he didn't find his horse until the sun was hot.  

 

 

 

 

He will come another day, if god wills.  

 

 

 

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Exercise 5  Translate to Zarma: part 3
English Zarma
Throw this meat away, because if a person eats it, he will be ill.  

 

 

 

 

It was cold last night and this morning I am coughing quite a lot.  

 

 

 

 

I saw a blind man who knows all the villagers.  

 

 

 

Yesterday he showed me the road when I went to Boubon.  

 

 

 

 

He used to live[1] (formerly he dwelt habitually) in Tondi Biya, but now you can see him every day in the Niamey market.  

 

 

 

 

 

[1] = formerly he dwelt habitually; habitually = used to = doona 

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Exercise 6  Translate to Zarma: part 4
English Zarma
This child is not well because he has eaten many doum dates (kangaw-ize).  

 

 

Come drink this medicine.  

 

 

 

Go on, drink again.  

 

 

Is he not better yet ?  

 

 

He must stay here until afternoon.  

 

 

Do not take him home yet.  

 

 

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Last updated: 20 maart 2012