Lesson

Masadennin

- tɔgɔ : name, noun

- la : at, to

- n : I, me, my

- bɛ : positive

- hàkɛ̀to : forgiveness, mercy

- ɲini : seek

- denmisɛnw : Pl of denmisɛn := child

- fɛ : with

- ka : possessive marker, particle linking subject and predicative adjective

- d’a : add, put

- kan : neck, voice, sound, equal, necessary, should, must, sickle

- ye : at, towards, for, with, verbal auxiliary for transitive verbs, marks an action which is accomplished, see

- kitabu : book

- in : this (= "nin")

- sɛbɛn : write, document, letter, paper

- mɔ̀gɔ : person, man, someone

- dɔ : one, a certain; indefinite

- a : you, your, you all

- kun : fit

- bɛrɛbɛrɛ : serious

- nǐn : this

- sɛ̀bɛ : real, honest, serious, true, sincere

- tɛ : auxiliary for marking present tense, negative, predicate of non-existence, of lack of presence

- bolo : hand, palm, branch

- dùgùkolo : earth

- wɛrɛ : another, different, cow enclosure

- b’a : contraction of 'bɛ a'

- se : arrive, be able to, beat, victory, power, means

- fɛn : thing

- bɛɛ : all, whole, entirety

- hali : even, so that

- denmisɛnkitabuw : books about children

- sabanan : third

- sigilen : sigi := sit/live

- faransi : France

- kɔngɔ : hunger

- ni : offer, if, when, and, soul, spirit

- nɛnɛ : cold, heat

- na : auxiliary marker for future tense, gravy, sauce

- ninnu : these

- si : hair, feather, shea butter, none, spend the night, year, grind, mill, seed, grain

- t’à : tɛ à

- bɔ : take off

- denmisɛnnama : childhood appearence

- mɔgɔ : person, man

- tɛ̀mɛna : past of "tɛ̀mɛ" := to pass

- denmisɛnya : childhood, youth

- damadama : very few

- dɔrɔn : only

- de : emphatic particle, placed directly after the word or phrase it emphasises

- hakili : mind, memory

- tɔr’a : stay

- jansa : farm, farm enclosures

- i : you, your

- ne : I, me, my; first person singular pronoun (emphatic)

- tɔ̌ : remainder, rest, leftover

- sanji : age, rain

- wɔɔrɔnan : sixth

- don : day, date, put into, put on, wear, predicative

- ja : image, picture, photo, film, shadow, part of person, centre of assurance and fear, drought

- kɔnɔ : stomach, inside, for (period of time)

- min : where, relative pronoun singular, drink, smoke, suck

- tun : again

- tu : spit out, If you don't shake the trees, you won't know what's in them

- fǐn : blacken

- n’a : If sound, if his (if his, if her)

- ko : say, thing, matter, affair, action

- kɔ : back, after, except, apart from

- kɛlenw : some

- miniɲan : boa, python

- wara : wild animal (wild cat, wolf, etc.)

- kunun : wake up, wake up

- ladege : teach, e.g. practical skills to an apprentice

- filɛ : look

- miniɲanw : Pl of miniɲan := boa, python

- sogo : puncture

- minɛnen : mìnɛ := caught, trapped

- kuturu : whole, entire

- sɔrɔ : economy

- ǔ : they, them;

- m’à : man à

- ɲimi : crunch, chew

- ǒ : that/those

- lamaga : stir, shake, whip

- bilen : red, brown, pink, again

- sùnɔgɔ : sleep

- dumuni : food, meal

- lasumani : coldness

- kalo : moon, month

- wɔɔrɔ : six

- waati : time

- fɔlɔ : firstly, not yet (with negation)

- banfula : hat

- sàma : bring a gift (when returning from a journey), pull, elephant

- kununnen : burn, be on fire

- lasuma : cold, calm, cool it

- yɛ̀rɛ : self, heifer, tree sp.

- sǎ : prevent

- kɛ : do, happen, spend (time), put, become

- walasa : so that

- k’à : kà à, ka à

- fɔ : say, play (instrument), speak (a language), except, unless, until

- ɲɛfɔ : explain

- tùma : time, moment, era, period

- filanan : second

- laadi : advise, counsel

- bosolenw : bosolen := open, presenting

- bosobaliw : bosobali := closed, private

- to : leave, abandon

- yěn : there

- jamanakàlan : geography

- tarikukàlan : history

- ani : and

- kansariyasunkàlan : grammar

- cogo : way

- jaɲɛgɛn : effort, hard work

- baara : work, job, occupation

- dùsu : heart, feelings, mood

- da : mouth, door, opening, price

- sanga : time, moment, minute, success, message de bereavement, compare

- fosi : nothing

- dun : eat, deep, what about...? (after noun), but, however

- òlu : they, them

- sɛgɛn : tiredness, tire

- wajibiyara : wajibiya := require, necessitate, force

- sugandi : choose, elect

- pankurunboli : airplane piloting

- dège : learn, teach

- bɛrɛ : a lot

- jɛ : white, make clear, clean

- diɲɛ : world, universe

- mùmɛ : whole

- taama : travel, walk

- pankurun : aeroplane

- tiɲɛ : break down

- ɲɛna : choice

- kosɛbɛ : a lot, well

- filɛli : divination, observation

- kelen : same, one, already

- dɔn : know

- arizɔna : Arizona

- dɛ̀mɛ : help

- n’i : If you (if you)

- su : evening; after sunset, to water, dip

- diɲɛlatigɛ : destiny

- sawalen : support, encourage

- caman : much, many

- donna : don := know

- ɲɔgɔn : reciprocal pronoun; each other

- tɛ̀mɛ : to sieve, pass, pass by, overtake, sieve, zebu

- sìgira : sìgi := to sit

- mɛɛn : last a long time, be a long time

- magɛrɛ : approach

- kɔ̀lɔ̀si : watch out, be careful, prayer beads

- hakililata : reflection, deep thought, idea

- ɲɛ : to open, sight, colour, before, ahead of, be good

- yɔrɔ : place

- mana : rubber, plastic, something made of plastic or rubber, catapult, light

- bɛn : come together, meet

- jɔlen : standing

- dɔɔnin : a little, a small amount, or a bit

- dalakɔrɔbɔ : provoke, confront, cope

- faamuyalen : understanding

- nka : but

- tigilamɔgɔ : person

- jaabi : answer

- miniɲanko : python

- wo : hole

- tufinko : bush

- kuma : speak, word, what is spoken

- tugun : again

- bìla : put, let go of, place, let down

- kundama : size, height

- birijikɔ : bridge (game)

- gɔlufuko : golf

- politigiko : politics

- kankɔrɔfukɔ : neckties

- nisɔndiya : make joyful

- ale : he, she, it, his, her

- ten : forehead

- kalalama : clarity, precision, truthful

- fo : greet, thank, until, so much so that, except

- taa : go, leave

- bòlìfɛn : vehicle

- tiɲɛdon : This is the truth

- sahara : Sahara

- cɛncɛnkungo : desert

- walima : or

- labɛn : prepare oneself, get ready

- lajɛ : look at, try

- kelenpe : unique, only

- tiɲɛni : damage

- jugu : bad, evil, enemy

- minniji : drinking water

- tìle : sun, day, epoch, era

- seegin : eight

- cɛ̀ncɛn : sand

- mili : mile

- ba : mother, goat, cross the river, thousand (1000)

- mɔgɔmayɔrɔ : human habitation

- cɛ : between

- kelenninpe : me all alone

- tora : past tense of 'to'

- kɔ̀gɔ̀ji : Red Sea

- kurun : stool, canoe, small boat, aeroplane

- pɛnpɛrɛn : Star (word little used)

- kabara : kaba := to be surprised

- kɛnɛbɔnda : critical moment, decisive point

- kɛlen : unique, alone

- lakunun : wake up, raise from the dead

- hakɛ : quantity, medium, average

- sàga : sheep

- senw : Pl of sen := leg, foot, paw, hoof, wheel

- sanpɛrɛn : lightening

- ɲɛw : Pl of ɲɛ := to open, sight, colour, before, ahead of, be good

- tereke : rub, scrub

- cɛnin : boy

- kurunnin : young, little

- sɛbɛkɔrɔ : No English translation found

- sera : past tense of 'se'

- ɲumaman : good things, good

- kàna : predicate of negative infinitive

- jìgi : hope

- jaɲɛgɛnbaara : painter's career

- nège : desire

- kàbini : since

- ɲɛ̀gɛnni : drawing, painting

- dàbàli : bewitch

- bannen : be exhausted

- boso : carve, chop, skin

- poyilen : examine, calmly observe

- ɲinɛ : mouse, rat

- tununnen : lost, loss

- sɛgɛnnen : tired

- kojugu : too much, bad deed, trouble, disaster, catastrophe

- minnɔgɔ : hunger

- siraɲa : path, road (word little used)

- ban : die, accept, palm tree, bench

- jira : reveal oneself

- denmisɛnnin : denmisɛn := child

- e : you (singular)

- mǔn : what, pour over, spread over, annoint

- yǎn : here

- sɛ̀ginna : past of "sɛ̀giǹ" := return

- sumanen : cold, soft, slow

- sabali : patience

- kabako : wonder, miracle

- k’i : you (contraction of `ka i`)

- fàràti : danger, risk

- wale : action, verb

- kunntan : false thing

- dɛ : exclamation of intensity, placed at the end of the phrase

- ta : take, portion, fire

- sɛbɛnfura : paper

- jufa : pocket, oar, paddle

- kàlan : read, study, learn, teach, study, course, education, hot

- jàte : count, calculate, analyse, arithmetic

- kunkurunnin : piece

- sɛ : to peck

- deli : pray, ask, be in the habit of, done at least once (in the past)

- fìlànin : twin

- pe : only (x amount)

- bosobali : closed, private

- banna : washed up

- wa : yes/no question-marker

- dègun : oppress, stifle

- bara : at the home of

- dɔgɔ : small, little, market, firewood

- fana : meal, also, as well

- y’a : ya a

- fururu : continually

- tila : divide, separate, finish, stop, half

- digilen : suffering

- ɲɛ̀gɛn : drawing, painting

- terikɛ : friend (male)

- mugurira : despair

- yɛrɛrɛ : gently

- sàgàjígí : ram

- gere : ram, dry land

- seginna : segin := return

- sitigi : owner, master

- dɛsɛra : past tense of 'dɛsɛ'

- barì : because, patch, cover with mud or cement

- kɔrɔtɔlen : urgent, in a hurry

- bolifen : vehicle

- mɔtɛri : motor, engine

- wàgànde : trunk

- kiiribaganin : determination

- tigitigi : exactly

- bin : grass, weeds

- bɔli : cup

- jaati : exactly, absolutely

- fitinin : small

- di : give, good, tasty, interesting, honey, how, shave

- jɛngɛn : lean, tilt

- man : particle linking subject and predicative adjective, giving negative sense

- masadennin : little prince

- sanni : shopping

- bɔyɔrɔ : place you have come from, exit

- ɲìnìnka : ask, question

- nkà : but

- ɲininkaliw : Pl of ɲininkali := question

- mɛn : hear, understand, stay a long time, last

- fili : err, make a mistake

- minw : who, whome

- kɔw : Pl of kɔ := back, after, except, apart from

- siɲɛ : time

- ɲɛ̀gɛnnin : the act of drawing or painting

- gɛ̀lɛn : hard, firm, easy, expensive

- sugu : sort, kind

- jùmɛn : which

- pan : jump, jump over

- kunnawolo : honored

- ladɔnniya : inform

- bòli : to offer to, running

- ɔ̀nhɔn : yes

- dan : count

- yɛlɛko : Jula

- yɛlɛba : sent

- ɲǐ : good

- mɔgɔw : Pl of mɔgɔ := person, man, someone

- bɔnɛ : lose

- sɛbɛko : model, example

- bɔra : bɔ := to come form, exit

- kabakolo : cloud

- nɔfɛdolo : planet

- damìnɛ : begin, start

- gundo : secret, mystery

- girinna : girin := serious

- ɲìnìnkàli : question

- jaɲa : far

- miiri : thought, idea

- banbali : end

- màgo : need

- fɛnba : great

- wɛrɛw : Pl of wɛrɛ := glass

- fɔlen : words

- sira : path, road, route, way, line, tobacco

- jija : make an effort, try hard, do one's best

- fara : stone, rock, turn, separate from

- y’i : ye i

- mǎkǔn : to keep quiet

- fìsa : better, fairly good, fair, reasonable

- somago : food, meal (word little used)

- jurukisɛ : rope

- d’i : give

- sìri : to tie

- bɔlɔ : stake

- yea : place

- tunun : lose

- yɛlɛ : laugh, smile

- kunba : fat

- kuntilenna : direction, significance, sense, objective, goal

- lamisɛɲalen : loss, suffering, pain

- jan : turn face up, the chicken falls on it's back facing the sky, if it's not accepted, the chicken falls on it's front, facing the ground

- han : particule marking insistance or criticism, "huh"

- fenba : big deal

- bora : bo := excrement

- tǒ : toh

- sǒ : horse

- bònya : enlarge, increase, honour, respect, welcome, give gifts to

- nɔfɛdolobaw : nɔfɛdoloba := planet

- zupitɛrɛ : Jupiter

- marisi : Mars

- wenisi : Venus

- dara : bed sheet

- dɔgɔya : reduce, ease, humiliate, belittle

- kosɔ̌n : because of, for

- dɔw : some

- yɔrɔjanfilɛlan : telescope

- jɔda : stop opposite

- wele : call, invite

- dolobisigi : asteroid

- gansan : free, ordinary, simply, accidentally, valueless

- dalen : lying down

- yera : ye := to see

- sǎn : sky, rain, last year, sell

- turuki : Turkish

- kabakolokàlanna : astronomer

- kura : new

- sɔrɔlen : product

- kosɛbɛdiɲɛ : curiosity

- kabakolokàlannaw : astronomers

- tɔnsigiba : association meeting

- màda : calm

- fìni : to sew, cut

- sababu : reason

- ɲùman : good, which?

- jɔnkanifangatigi : dictator (jɔnkani := personality; fanga := force; tigi := master)

- jamanadenw : Pl of jamanaden := citizen

- nansarafini : White clothing (White People Clothes) (word little used)

- bugafini : type of clothing

- tuguni : again

- kunkakuma : history, story

- fɛsɛfɛsɛ : investigate

- aw : you, your; second person plural pronoun

- teri : friend

- kofɔ : tell about, announce, reveal, denounce

- t’i : contraction of 'tɛ i'

- abada : never

- u : they

- kumakan : voice

- tulon : game, amusement

- nfirinfirinin : butterfly

- màra : keep, take care of, manage, govern, keep (poultry)

- b’i : contraction of 'bɛ i'

- joli : wound, sore, cut

- kɔrɔw : koro := meaning, old

- giriɲa : patience

- tufabilenso : treasure, precious object

- zeraɲonmu : geranium

- fiɲɛminɛwow : fiɲɛminɛwo := window

- ntubannin : dove

- jɛw : jɛ := white, clean, clear

- bili : cover, roof

- dɛsɛ : fail, lack, carve

- bìsigiya : idea

- waamuganso : waa := thousand; mugan := twenty; so := house

- hɛɛrɛ : peace, peacefulness, tranquility

- jìgin : descend, come down, land, finish, remind

- kɔrɔ : under, beside, meaning, sense

- anw : we, us, our; (emphatic)

- an : we, us, our

- jɔdaw : ancestors, predecessors

- maana : story, explanation

- jinɛmusoɲumanko : genius

- nsiirin : fable, tale, imaginary story

- bɔn : pour out, spill, eagle

- teriɲinitɔ : looking for a friend

- taara : taa := go

- jatedenw : Pl of jateden := number, digit

- kiriyɔn : pencil

- buwati : box, tin, can

- gansanw : gansan := free, ordinary

- sègin : return

- sifilɛ : taste

- bosolen : open, presenting

- jaw : Pl of ja := image, picture, photo, film, shadow, part of person, centre of assurance and fear, drought

- bɔlen : to look like

- tigi : person

- bɛna : bɛ := positive

- te : tea

- sigasiga : doubt

- finiw : Pl of fini := to sew, cut

- mɔmɔli : Souvenir (word little used)

- fan : direction, side, egg

- ɲɛci : utility

- bon : big, hut, house, objective

- tɛrikɛ : male friend

- diya : make pleasing, make succeed

- sagaw : Pl of saga := sheep

- kɔ̀rɔlen : kɔ̀rɔ := old

Lessons

Masadennin