- Symbols and Pronunciation
- Some Starter Nouns
- Some Starter Adjectives
- Adjective Placement
- Some Starter Verbs
- Gender
- Quantity
- Verbal Nouns
- Adjectival Nouns
- Articles
- Personal Pronouns
- Present Transitive and Intransitive
- Equatives
- Direct Object and Reflexive Pronouns
- Possessive Pronouns
- This, these, that, those
- Indefinite Pronouns 1
- Indefinite Pronouns 2
- Present Presentatives
- Question Markers 1
- Question Markers 2
- Relative Pronouns and Constructions
- Comparing Things
- [Noun] is [adjective]
- Location
- Past Tense Transitive
- Past Tense Intransitive
- Imperative
- To Have
- To Like
- If-Then Statements
- Present Progressive
- Perfect
- Future
- The Subjunctive Mood
- Turning a Statement Into a Question
- Declarative Statements
- Ka Review
- Prepositions
- OClock
- Introducing Yourself
- Song
- Interjections
- More Emphatics
- Want
- Modals 1
- -len, -nen, -nin
Lessons
This, these, that, those
- There are a few ways to say "this":
- (1) Add nin before or after the noun:
- Nin cɛ̌ : This man
- Cɛ̌ nin : This man (also means "the man")
- (2) Add in after the noun:
- Mùso in : This woman
When pluralizing the noun and nin / in are after the noun, you can add a -w or a -nu :
- Mùso ninw / inw / ninnu / innu : These women
- The word Ǒ in Bambara specifically means "that" but for things you can't see:
- Ǒ kàràmɔgɔ dɔ̀n. : That teacher dances.
- Ǒ denw sìgi. : Those children sit.
- You can also use Ǒ __ ǒ :
- Ǒ kàràmɔgɔ ǒ dɔ̀n. : That teacher dances.
- Ǒ denw ǒ sìgi. : Those children sit.
- To speak of "those" in the general sense with no noun, use òlu (like "they"):
- Òlu bɛ bɔ Mali. : Those come from Mali.
- To add extra emphasis, use Ǒ __ nin :
- Ǒ den nin : That child specifically
- Ǒ den ninw / ninnu : Those children specifically