Language/Zarma/Vocabulary/Talk-About-Time
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English | Zarma |
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day after tomorrow (lit. not tomorrow) | subasi |
he gave me this ten days ago | a na wone no ay se za jirbi way |
I haven't seen him for two days | zaari hinka a mana di a |
I haven't seen him for two days | a jirbi hinka ay mana di a |
I spent two days and one night in Dosso | a cin fo da zaari hinka Dosso |
last Wednesday | Alarba kan bu |
last week | habu kan bu |
next Wednesday | hine Alarba |
next Wednesday, this coming Wednesday | Alarba kan ga kaa |
next week; next market | hino habu |
since 3 days, 3 days ago | za jirbi hinza |
the day before bifo, that is, usually 3 day ago | bifo hendi; bifo yongo |
the day next after subasi, that is 3 days hence | subasi hendi; subasi yongo |
this Wednesday, Wednesday of this week | Alarba wo |
this week | habu wo |
today | hunkuna |
tomorrow | suba |
usually day before yesterday, but may be another yesterday | bi fo |
Wednesday after next | Alarba beene |
week (also: market) | habu |
week after next | habu beene |
yesterday | bi |
English | Zarma |
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year (for counting years) | jiiri |
next year | yeesi |
year after next | yeesi fo |
this year | jiiri wo, haraŋ |
last year | mannaŋ |
another last year, usually two years | mannaŋ fo |
3 years ago | mannaŋ fo wongo |
a previous year, it 's 6 years ago this year | mannaŋ fo a jiiri iddu haraŋ |
May next year come ! | Kaa Yeesi ! |
May God show us next year ! | Irikoy m´iri cabe yeesi ! |
May God show us next year in health ! | Irikoy m´iri cabe yeesi nda baani ! |
May God show us next year as of now ! | Irikoy m´iri cabe yeesi mansaŋcine ! |
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