Language/Susu/Vocabulary/Tell-the-Time

How to Tell the Time in Susu

Hello Susu learners,

➡ In today's lesson you will learn how tell the time and talk about time in Susu language.

Happy learning!

Vocabulary

Susu	English
Waxati mundun a ra?	What time is it?
TEmui mundun a ra?	What time is it?
Waxati mundun na iyi?	What time do you have?
sEtEri bara li	7h00
I bara leti	late
I bara kurun	early
subaha	6h:00 prayer
waliha	10h:00 prayer
salifana	14h:00 prayer
laxansara	17h:00 prayer
fitiri	19h:00 prayer
saxafu	20h:00 prayer
lçxE  birin	every day
tEmui birin	all the time
lçxE nde	sometimes
waxati birin	all the time
lçxE yo lçxE	every day
gEsEgE  birin	every morning
yanyi birin	every afternoon
nunmare birin	every evening

Cultural Note

The notion of time is broad in Africa. A precise time/hour is often stretched over quite a period. Being on time’s, therefore, often not very exact.

In some African rural areas, to tell time, people refer to certain phenomena such as:

• The position of the sun,
• The appearance of stars,
• The singing of birds and the cries of certain animals
• Shadows

In the susu area, the people use these expression to mark to time.

• Subaha sali nu bara
• Salifan nu bara
• Laxansaran nu bara
• Fitiri nu bara
• Saxafu nu bara

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