Language/Zarma/Vocabulary/Talk-About-Time

English	Zarma
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
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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