Communicative Task - Mali

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Safety and Security Notes:
1. Take care of your handbags and pay attention to people who get too close
to you in the market.
2. “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket”. Avoid exposing a lot money and
check your change after buying.
3. Don’t accept any help except you know the person.
Personal health Notes:
conditions.
Avoid buying unprotected market food and drink because of sanitation
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The past in bambara is grouped into categories: Regular verbs and irregular Verbs.
All verbs requiring an object, all verbs ending by kε and all reflexive verbs are regular.
In transitive constructions the past is indicated by the auxiliary ye.
In the negative, the past is formed in the same way for both transitive and intrasitive
constructions: the auxiliary is ma in regular auxiliary position.
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Here are their structures:
1- Regular Verbs
Transitive Constructions:
• Ex: Don go don sǤgǤma, n bε kafe min. (Present tense)
• Ex: Bi sǤgǤma, n ye mǤni min. (Past definite)
• Ex: Kunun, n taara sugu la.
Affirmative form: Negative form:
Subj + yε + Obj + V Subj + ma + Obj + V
Bi sǤgǤma, n ye safinε san butigi la. Bi sǤgǤma, n ma safinε san butigi la.
This morning I bought soap in the shop. This morning I didn't buy soap in the shop
Interrogative form:
Subj + yε + Obj + V (wa)? Subj + ma + Obj + V (wa)?
Bi sǤgǤma, i ba ye ji kalaya joona wa? SurǤ i ma dute min wa?
Did your mom heat water earlier this morning? Didn’t you drink tea last night?
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