After lunch, Abdu wants to make so Senegalese tea for his guest. He sends his sister Kumba to buy sugar and tea at a near; y shop. Kumba is now in the shop.
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Kumba: | naar bi, kaay jaay ma. |
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Naar bi: | maa ngiy nów. Lan nga bëgg? |
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Kumba: | jox ma benn boyatu suukar ag ñaari paketi warga |
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Naar bi : | ñu ngi ag lan? |
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Kumba: | am nga naanaa? |
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Naar bi: | waaw! Am! |
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Kumba: | baax na. ñaata a? |
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Naar bi: | benn boyatu suukar: ñent fukki dërëm - ñaari paketi warga: teemeeri dërëm - naanaa bi: juróómi dërëm. muy tééméér ag ñent fukk ag juróóm. |
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Kumba: | ñaari tééméér a ngi. |
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Naar bi: | am sa weccit. |
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naar (bi) | |
(the) Mauritanian |
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jaay | |
to sell |
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benn | |
one |
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boyat (bi) | |
(the) box |
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suukar (si) | |
(the) sugar |
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ñaar | |
two |
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paket (bi) | |
:(the) packet |
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warga (wi) | |
(the) green tea (not boiled) |
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naanaa | |
mint |
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ñaata la? | |
how much is it? |
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ñent | |
four |
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fukk | |
ten |
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dërëm | |
5 francs |
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tééméér | |
one hundred |
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juróóm | |
five |
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ñent fukki dërëm | |
200 francs |
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téémééri dërëm | |
500 francs |
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juróómi dërëm | |
25 francs |
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ñaari tééméér (i) (dërëm) | |
1,000 francs |
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weccit | |
change |