Bambara/Vocabulary

Welcome i ni chè Yes awó No ayi Come and eat na ka dumini ke Thank you i ni cé Numbers kelen fila saba naani duuru woóró wolonfla, wolonwula segin kónótón tan tan ni kelen tan ni fila 20 - muga 21 - muga ni kelen 22 - muga ni fila 30 - bi saaba 31 - bi saaba ni kelen 32 - bi saaba ni fila 40 - bi naani 50 - bi duuru 100 - kémé 200 - kémé fila 1000 - wa kelen 1050 - wa kelen ne bi duuru 2000 - wa fila Eat sogo meat jègè fish sɛsɛ/ chè chicken sukoro sugar malo/ kini rice chocolate namasa banana buuru bread tiga peanut Drink nono milk ji water ji kalan hot water dolo beer ginibere gingerbeer (traditional West African drink) lobaco dr. pepper Animals wulo (wuulu) dog jakana (jakuma) cat missi cow saga lamb souroukou hyena People cé man muso woman somógó family (house people) tubabu caucasian, white person dunan guest Other dugu village, town Bobara ba Big butt so house nyégen toilet kangaro/lakoli school sugu market babili bridge dókótórósó hospital (house of the doctor) liburu (fr.) book aluméti (fr.) matches kréyon (fr.) pencil jamana country dushi shower dɔɔnin a little, weak, slow fítínì small belebele big, large, fat, great fara skin lolo star kalo moon binkéné grass bogolan mudcloth farajé white skin farafin black person (lit. skin=fara black=fiman) Farafina Africa Bondola: leave me alone Greetings i ni sógóma good morning (when speaking to one person) aw ni sógóma good morning (when speaking to a group) i ni tile good afternoon (when speaking to one person) aw ni tile good afternoon (when speaking to a group) i ni wula good evening (when speaking to one person) aw ni wula good evening (when speaking to a group) i ni su good night (when speaking to one person) aw ni su good night (when speaking to a group) a bé cogo di? how do you feel? (informal greeting) an formu na I feel good (response) i ni sógóma good morning (greeting) nse i ni sógóma good morning (response if the person responding is a woman) i ni sógóma good morning (greeting) nbah i ni sógóma good morning (response if the person responding is a man) sómógó bédi how is your family toóró tula they are fine i ka kéné how are you toóró si té (i fana ka kéne) I'm fine (how are you also) i fa ka kéné how is your father toóró té a la he is fine i ba ka kéné how is your mother toóró té n ba la she is fine i muso ka kéné how is your wife toóró té she is fine i cé ka kéné how is your husband toóró té he is fine i denw ka kéné how are your children toóró téyi all is fine (lit. problems are not) toóró t'u la they are fine i kóro muso ka kéné how is oldest sister toóró t'a la she is fine i dógó cé ka kéné how is your youngest brother toóró té he is fine x bé di how is x i tógó what is your first name n tógó Fanta my name is Fanta i jaamu what is your last name n jaamu Dembele my last name is Dembele i bé bó min where are you from n bé bó Ameriki I am from America n bé bó Mali la I am from Mali Phrases n té bamanakan mén I don't understand/speak bambara n t'a don I don't know n t'a faamu I don't understand n t'a mén I don't understand I y'a mén? do you understand? n segenna I'm tired n bé lafinyé I'm going to sleep ka dugu n'yumanjé good night n b'i fé I like you nene bé it's cold funteni bé it's hot Fanta don It's Fanta i cé kanyi you look beautiful (handsome) a kanyi it's good a man nyi it's bad a ka di (kosébé) it's (very) good a banna it's finished tuguni again i sigi sit down i sigi na sit down here ni and n fana me too a barika thanks (for food) a barika Allah ye thank God héré sira did you sleep well tóró té, héré dórón I slept well n be jigin I want to get off n be jigin yan I want to get off here n be jigin plaki la I want to get off at the next place plaki la next place yan here yen there sisan now djoli how much djoli (djeli) blood n b'a fé I like it, I want it n t'a fé I don't like it, I don't want it n bé ji fé I like water, I want water a yira n na show me i bé ta min where are you going n bé n'kó I'm going to take a shower n fara I'm full/satisfied (at the end of a meal) a tun ka di the food was good i da de be quiet i (ka) da tugu shut up hakéto excuse me hakétila no problem (response to "hakéto") hakéto m'a famu sorry n'b'i fè i love you ya fa n ma pardon me mun kéra what's wrong/what's going on mun beyi what's wrong/what's going on mun don what is it a ké tan do as I do n' b'i fe I like you i ka di nye I like you (for children) n furden don I'm married nka den my child i tun bé min where were you i kólósi look out! na yan come here an ka taa let's go wuli an ka ta thé mé get up and let's get some tea bassassogo kadi shèssogo yé yiranchogo de bu boyongona the meat of a Goat is better than that of a chicken because of the way you cut it fr:Bambara/Vocabulaire