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Communicative Task - Mali

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COMMON COMMON COMMON COMMON EXPRESSIONS<br />

EXPRESSIONS<br />

EXPRESSIONS<br />

EXPRESSIONS<br />

To take leave of someone at different moments of the day: usually there is a leave taking<br />

expression followed by the answer.<br />

sunǤgǤ bε n na I am sleepy. n sεgεnnen don I am tired.<br />

n taara I am leaving kelen! already<br />

k'an b'u fo Say we greet them u n'a mεn they will hear it<br />

tell them hello<br />

k'an b'a fo Say we greet him/her a n'a mεn She/he will hear it.<br />

DUGAW DUGAW DUGAW DUGAW<br />

Blessings<br />

k'an sǤǤ ǤǤ ǤǤni ǤǤ<br />

See you soon Ala ka tile hεrε caya May god increase the<br />

peace of the day (Have a nice day)<br />

ka su hεrε (caya) good night. ka dugu Ȃuman jε good night.<br />

k'an bεn see you. k'an si (hεrε la) May we spend the night in<br />

peace (Good night)<br />

k'an kelen kelen wuli May we get up one<br />

by one (Good night)<br />

ka taa ni ka segin nǤgǤya Have a nice trip<br />

ka segin n'i Ȃuman ye May you come back safe.amiina Amen.<br />

SOME SOME SOME SOME TIME TIME TIME TIME EXPRESSIONS<br />

EXPRESSIONS<br />

EXPRESSIONS<br />

EXPRESSIONS<br />

sǤgǤma/sǤgǤmada fε In the morning<br />

3 pm)<br />

tile fε/tilegan fε In the afternoon (12: am _<br />

wula fε In the afternoon sufε In the evening<br />

sǤǤ ǤǤ ǤǤni ǤǤ<br />

Soon kǤfε Later<br />

sinin Tomorrow<br />

SUPPLEMENTARY SUPPLEMENTARY SUPPLEMENTARY SUPPLEMENTARY VOCABULARY<br />

VOCABULARY<br />

VOCABULARY<br />

VOCABULARY<br />

hakεto please hakε t’i la you are excused<br />

basi tε no problem i ko di? what did you say?<br />

n m’a faamu I did not understand it n m’a mεn I did not hear it<br />

segin a kan repeat it a fǤ tuguni say it again<br />

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