Entry:
ka tigɛ mɔgɔ la
Gloss:
to give up on someone
Example:
E tɛ foyi ye ! N tigɛr’i la ! E tɛ maa sɛbɛ ye !
‘You are nothing! I’ve given up on you! You are not a serious person!’
Notes:
The expression ka tigɛ mɔgɔ la (lit. ‘to split from someone’) is often used to mean something like “to give up on someone”.
The expression contains the meaning of disappointment, loss of trust towards someone. You didn’t expect a kind of wrong behavior from this person and she did it, so she disappointed you, you lost trust in her, so i tigɛra à la. An example clarify this:
N tigɛr’i la. Ne ka dannaya kisɛ kelen tɛ e kan bilen!