N fa filɛ & N ba filɛ

Questions on the listening dialogue "I tɔgɔ?"

Why does the speaker say “N fa filɛ” and "N ba filɛ"before saying there names? What does this mean in this context?
And also what means “U balolen bɛ” ?

I ni ce!

  • He’s introducing his family. It’s like saying “This is my dad/mom”, but it literally means “Look at dad/mom”. This use of filɛ is similar to the use of voici or voilà in French.

NOTE: I responded to one question like this was “Word Question” topic. But an alternative approach would be to name to topic “I tɔgɔ? Discussion” and have it be linked formally to the chapter (potentially in a category for discussing AKT chapters). I am not sure which approach is best. I made a separate topic for discussing the general idea.

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