Bambara Day 5
May 16, 2011
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Episode description
Phrases Our Kids Asked to Learn
Get off the wall.
Jigi koko kan.
Literally: Jigi koko kan.
Decend wall on.
Do you have a bike?
I be negeso bolo
Literally: I be negeso bolo?
You are bike arm?
(Maybe like, "Have you got a bike on you? Possession is strongly emphasized over ownership.)
Pet a chicken.
Shaé momo.
Literally: Shaé momo.
Chicken pet.
It is done.
A bana.
Literally: A bana.
It done (finished).
Get off the wall.
Jigi koko kan.
Literally: Jigi koko kan.
Decend wall on.
Do you have a bike?
I be negeso bolo
Literally: I be negeso bolo?
You are bike arm?
(Maybe like, "Have you got a bike on you? Possession is strongly emphasized over ownership.)
Pet a chicken.
Shaé momo.
Literally: Shaé momo.
Chicken pet.
It is done.
A bana.
Literally: A bana.
It done (finished).
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