Laadilikan ɲumanba

[Coleman]

Aw ni ce!

Nin dɔgɔkun ka ɲininkali filɛ:

Laadilikan bɛɛ la ɲumanba min dira i ma, o ye jumɛn ye?

VOCAB

• k'à laadi = to advise sb
• X bɛɛ la ɲumanba = the best X (lit. ‘The big-good-one in all the X’)

Ne wa?

Ne fɛ, duniya kɔnɔ, an tɛ se k’à fɔ laadilikan kelen ka fisa n’u bɛɛ ye. Nsana caman bɛ minnu ka di n ye. Olu bɛɛ n’u fɔwaati don. À ka di n ye k’à fɔ ko: “Sodɔn, jiridɔn, yɛrɛdɔn ɲɔgɔn tɛ!” (“Knowing [how to ride] a horse, knowing [how to climb] a tree, [those things are good but] nothing is like knowing yourself”)

VOCAB

• X bɛɛ ni à Y (don = “To each X, its Y”)

Aw ko di, @Serge, @Miriam_Kante, @Ds382186 walima mɔgɔ wɛrɛ?

[Ds382186]

Aw ni ce!
Tiɲe don Coleman!
Nothing is like knowing yourself.

[Coleman]

Nba! I ni ce, Daouda!

Laadilikan dɔ t’i bolo ka di an ma wa?

[Serge]

Nba aw ni ce!

N sonna karamɔgɔ, nsanaw bɛɛ ni u fɔwaati don, o ye tiɲɛ ye. Tuma dɔ la n ye a men ko, Foyi tɛ kɛnɛya bɔ. Tiɲɛ na o tɛ laadilikan ye nka nafa caman b’a la.

Ala ka si ni kɛnɛya di an ma!

[Coleman]

Nba! I ni ce, Serge Kuma nin ye kuma duman ye! Tiɲɛ fana b’à la – ni kɛnɛya tɛ yen, foyi tɛ yen!

An terikɛ Daouda le sentimental fana bɛ sɔn à ka dɔnkili “Si ni kɛnɛya” kɔnɔ fana

@Serge

N sonna sɔnna karamɔgɔ, nsanaw bɛɛ ni u fɔwaati don, o ye tiɲɛ ye. Tuma dɔ la n ye a meɛnn ko, “Foyi tɛ kɛnɛya bɔ”. Tiɲɛ na o tɛ laadilikan ye nka nafa caman b’a la.

[Miriam_Kante]

tuma ka ca, n tɛ laadilikan fɛ, bawo mɔgɔ kuma-kuma nka fɔ foyi tɛ. o bɛɛ ni a ta, tuma dɔ, mɔgɔ dɔ bɛ fɛn dɔ fɔ ani o tun ka kan ka mɛn. Kɔni, n bɛ nsana fɛ kɔsɔbɛ. U ma karila ani waati jan tɛmɛna. n t’u mɛn bɛ ameriki bawo jija bɛ mako walasa faamu.

Note on “U ma karila ani waati jan tɛmɛna”: I translated to “They haven’t broken and a long time has past”, but I really wanted to say is they have stood the test of time.

[Ds382186]

@Coleman
N ma faamu

[Coleman]

@Ds382186

N ma m’à faamu

I ma mun faamu? La prochaine fois, donne-moi un peu d’info pour que je sache ce que tu n’as pas compris.

Laadilikan dɔ t’i bolo ka di an ma wa? = Tu n’as pas un conseil à nous donner?

[Coleman]

@Miriam_Kante

tuma ka ca Tuma caman, n tɛ laadilikan fɛ, bawo mɔgɔ bɛ kuma-kuma nka u tɛ fɔ foyi fɔ tɛ. o bɛɛ ni a ta, tuma dɔ, mɔgɔ dɔ bɛ fɛn dɔ fɔ ani o tun ka kan ka mɛn. Kɔni, n bɛ nsana fɛ kɔsɔbɛ. U ma karila ani k’à sɔrɔ waati jan tɛmɛna.

• `k’à sɔrɔ = here, “whereas; even though”

@Miriam_Kante

n t’u mɛn bɛ ameriki bawo jija bɛ mako walasa faamu.

• What do you want to say here. I can’t make sense of it

[Miriam_Kante]

I was trying to say: I don’t hear them in America because effort is needed in order to understand them

[Coleman]

@Miriam_Kante

I don’t hear them in America because effort is needed in order to understand them

Ayiwa! In that case, let’s rework the sentence:

n t’u mɛn bɛ ameriki bawo jija bɛ mɔgɔ mako bɛ jija la walasa k’olu faamu.

• Remember: the expression is X mako bɛ fɛn na (Lit. "The need of X is on sth’)