The verb 'kɛ'

This explanation of the structure is not right. (And neither is the spelling.)

The “DO” (direct object) is baro.

À bɛ baro kɛ à somɔgɔw fɛ

‘He does chatting with his family’


Besides that, I think that you are struggling with a question of active vs passive voice like in your recent post.

In short, the verb can be used transitively (k'à kɛ) to mean ‘to do’ or ‘to make’:

N bɛ foli

‘I do greeting’

You can take a transitive sentence like this and make it passive too by dropping the agent/subject that does the greeting:

Foli kɛra

‘A greeting was done

This passive usage is what is going on with the sentence Mɔni bɛ kɛ daraka ye. The real verb phrase to learn is transitive: ka fɛn kɛ fɛn ye ‘to make sth into sth’. For example:

Christy bɛ mɔni kɛ daraka ye

‘Christy makes porridge into breakfast’
(as in, ‘Christy makes porridge her breakfast’ or ‘Christy opts for porridge for breakfast’)

If you drop the subject/agent then it becomes passive:

Mɔni kɛra daraka ye

‘Porridge was made into breakfast’
(as in, ‘Porridge was what there was for breakfast’ or ‘There was porridge for breakfast’)

Or if you don’t use a perfective form of :

Mɔni bɛ kɛ daraka ye
‘Porridge is made into breakast’
(as in, ‘Porridge is what is for breakfast’)

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