Hello, has anyone else heard this expression? kabini bi ma se (for a long time now, until today)
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Yes, it is a common expression. @Christy and I translated it as “For a long time now” in our interpretation of Ami Yèrèwolo’s “I Bamba” (though she uses the French word depuis instead of kabini):
Depuis bi ma se
For a long time nowAn bɛ sɛbɛ kɛ
We’ve been hard at work (Lit. ‘We have been doing seriousness’)
As you note, it literally means something like ‘Since today has not arrived’.
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