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MALINKE HOMEPAGE




GREETINGS     NOUNS     COLORS     BODY PARTS     NUMBERS     PRONOUNS     ADJECTIVES     VERBS


GREETINGS:

          Good morning - enesoma
          Good night - kasoukaira
          Good afternoon - enewalé
          Good-bye - owo
          Good evening - enesou
          Hello - tanatié


NOUNS:shem
          Bird - cönö
          Cat - gnari
          Dog - woulou
          Fish - djeh
          Horse - soo

          Boy - dénkénin
          Girl - démousso
          Man - klamé
          Woman - mousso

          Chair - gongni
          House - bankli
          Table - tébili
          Boat - councoui
          Bus - bus
          Car - mambily

          Apple - pomme (fr.)
          Bread - bourou
          Salad -salade
          Typical fruit - domounoufé
          Typical vegetable - domounoufé

          Pants - kourousi
          Shoes - rambara
          Tree - yiri
          Water - yé



COLORS:
          Black - finerta
          Blue - bleue (fr.)
          Brown - meroun (fr.)
          Green - vert (fr.)
          Grey - gris (fr.)
          Orange - lémounoun
          Purple - violet (fr.)
          Red - woulémenta
          White - gbèmenta
          Yellow - jaune (fr.)


BODY PARTS:
          Arm - morofa
          Ear - tolo
          Eye(s) - ngna
          Finger - bilo
          Foot - n'osen
          Hand - mbolo
          Head - nkoun
          Leg - n'sén
          Mouth - da
          Nose - gnoun


NUMBERS:
          One - kélén
          Two - fila
          Three - sala
          Four - nani
          Five - lolou
          Six - woro
          Seven - werofila
          Eight - sey
          Nine - conondo
          Ten - tan


PRONOUNS:




ADJECTIVES:
          Boring - n'kélén
          Dark - dibi
          Deep - den'ka
          Energetic - fanka
          Fast - kalya
          Important - kognouma
          Interesting - gnouma
          Large - kabon
          Light - ta
          Hard - dimini
          Heavy - bgillima
          Lazy - paresseux (fr.)
          Healthy - kendè
          Salty - kounaman
          Short - koudoumenta
          Sick - mankindè
          Slow - doni
          Small - domani
          Soft - mayanin
          Shallow - sén
          Sweet - dia
          Unimportant - fén domani
          Tall - kadjan
          Thick - kabonkodjou
          Thin - mayarani


VERBS:
          Be - u'né
          Buy - a san
          Do - ka kè
          Drink - kanmin
          Eat - domouninkè
          Find - ka gnini
          Go - wa
          Have - saron
          Like - adoumangnè
          Love - i doumangnè
          Read - karan
          Run - i bori
          See - a mafèlè
          Sell - a madjira
          Sing - donkilila
          Sleep - sino
          Smile - yèlè
          Speak - kouma
          Take - a ta
          Think - i miri
          Throw - alafili
          Wait - m'makono


VARIOUS EXPRESSIONS:




Vocabulary for this page was provided by Miss Djene



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