Sɔgɔma fatɔya

Coleman · April 18, 2025, 7:57am

NOTE: This is a little test. It’s a practice text and prompt that is a bit more like an optional activity. The text might be difficult, but let me know what you think, @Bettina @Caroline @Serge!

Tuma dɔw la, ko bɛ ɲagami!

Bi sɔgɔma yɛrɛ, n taara ni n denmuso ye ka di à ka “nounou” (‘nanny’ anglais-kan na) ma. An taara ni an ka “pousette” (‘stroller’) fitinin ye.

Nounou nin bɛ baara kɛ ni denbaya fila ye: ne ta ani dɔwɛrɛ ta. O kɔrɔ ko à bɛ den fila mara. N yɛrɛ den min tɔgɔ ko Sue ani denmuso wɛrɛ min tɔgɔ ko Rose. Don dɔw, nounou b’olu mara an fɛ. Don dɔw, à bɛ olu mara denbaya wɛrɛ nin fɛ. O de b’à sɔngɔ nɔgɔya an bɛɛ ye!

N’an bɔra yen, bi, n sera denbaya wɛrɛ fɛ tuma min na, nounou ko n ma: “I nana ni “poussette” belebeleba ye?”

Sue ani Rose fila bɛ se ka don poussette belebeleba nin kɔnɔ. An y’à san walasa baara bɛ nɔgɔya nounou ma.

N ko: “Ayi! N ma n’à ye. Nka n bɛ se ka segin so k’à minɛ.”

N kɔseginna so. N y’à ɲini fo ka dɛsɛ. Jaa, à tɛ! Pousette belebeleba nin bɛ so fɔlɔ kaban nka an tun m’à ye O kɔfɛ, n taara nounou fɛ tuguni ka an poussette fitinin bila yen walasa n bɛ se ka Sue minɛ kɔfɛ.

À kɛra sɛgɛn ye!

Aw ka sɔgɔma tun bɛ cogo di bi? Yala nin ɲɔgɔn ye aw sɔrɔ ka ye?

malikdiallo · April 24, 2025, 10:41pm

I ni ce! Nin mana nin kalan diyara n ye. n ko pousetti belebeleba bɛ se ka tunun cogo di ? Ala kan’a ɲɔgɔna i sɔrɔ. wa ɲininkali bɛ n bolo, kɔr’i bɛ kuma Sue ye bamanakan na ?
o mana bɔ yen, ka i jaabi, ayi sɔgɔma fatɔya ma n sɔrɔ bi, Ala k’an kisi o ma

Coleman · April 25, 2025, 7:46am

I ni ce, @malikdiallo

À man ca ko n bɛ kuma à ye bamanankan na. Komi n ye Amerikika ye ani an bɛ Faransi, n ka laɲini fɔlɔ ye à ka anglais-kan dege k’à fɔ
O bɛɛ n’à ta, à bɛ bamanankan mɛn tuma caman! À ka nounou yɛrɛ b’à fɔ. O kɔrɔ ko ne n’à ka nounou b’à fɔ ɲɔgɔn ye ale ɲɛ na.
An fana sigilen bɛ yɔrɔ min na Faransi yan, bamanankanfɔla ni julakanfɔla ka ca! An bɛ mɔgɔ caman fo sirada la bamanankan na

You might want to change the structure a little bit because the underlying structure ~~Ala kana X i sɔrɔ~~ doesn’t quite work, I don’t think. Your sentence literally reads like “May God not its similar you get”. That is, there are two direct objects (à ɲɔgɔnna and i). Instead, I’d try something something Ala kana à kɛ à ɲɔgɔnna bɛ/ka i sɔrɔ (“May God not make it [that] its similar gets you”)