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|Wednesday after next | |Wednesday after next | ||
|Alarba beene | |Alarba beene | ||
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{| class="wikitable" | |||
|'''Zarma''' | |||
|'''English''' | |||
|- | |||
|hunkuna | |||
|today | |||
|- | |||
|bi | |||
|yesterday | |||
|- | |||
|bi fo | |||
|usually day before yesterday, but may be another yesterday | |||
|- | |||
|bifo hendi; bifo yongo | |||
|the day before bifo, that is, usually 3 day ago | |||
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|za jirbi hinza | |||
|since 3 days, 3 days ago | |||
|- | |||
|suba | |||
|tomorrow | |||
|- | |||
|subasi | |||
|day after tomorrow (lit. not tomorrow) | |||
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|subasi hendi; subasi yongo | |||
|the day next after ''subasi'', that is 3 days hence | |||
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|subasi yongo, a cella fa | |||
|4 days hence | |||
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{| class="wikitable" | |||
|'''Zarma''' | |||
|'''English''' | |||
|- | |||
|a cin fo da zaari hinka Dosso | |||
|I spent two days and one night in Dosso | |||
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|zaari hinka a mana di a | |||
|I haven't seen him for two days | |||
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|a jirbi hinka ay mana di a | |||
|I haven't seen him for two days | |||
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|a na wone no ay se za jirbi way | |||
|he gave me this ten days ago | |||
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{| class="wikitable" | |||
|'''Zarma''' | |||
|'''English''' | |||
|- | |||
|habu | |||
|week (also: market) | |||
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|habu wo | |||
|this week | |||
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|habu kan bu | |||
|last week | |||
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|hino habu | |||
|next week; next market | |||
|- | |||
|habu beene | |||
|week after next | |||
|} | |} | ||
Revision as of 23:01, 31 May 2022
| English | Zarma |
| this Wednesday, Wednesday of this week | Alarba wo |
| next Wednesday, this coming Wednesday | Alarba kan ga kaa |
| next Wednesday | hine Alarba |
| last Wednesday | Alarba kan bu |
| Wednesday after next | Alarba beene |
| Zarma | English |
| hunkuna | today |
| bi | yesterday |
| bi fo | usually day before yesterday, but may be another yesterday |
| bifo hendi; bifo yongo | the day before bifo, that is, usually 3 day ago |
| za jirbi hinza | since 3 days, 3 days ago |
| suba | tomorrow |
| subasi | day after tomorrow (lit. not tomorrow) |
| subasi hendi; subasi yongo | the day next after subasi, that is 3 days hence |
| subasi yongo, a cella fa | 4 days hence |
| Zarma | English |
| a cin fo da zaari hinka Dosso | I spent two days and one night in Dosso |
| zaari hinka a mana di a | I haven't seen him for two days |
| a jirbi hinka ay mana di a | I haven't seen him for two days |
| a na wone no ay se za jirbi way | he gave me this ten days ago |
| Zarma | English |
| habu | week (also: market) |
| habu wo | this week |
| habu kan bu | last week |
| hino habu | next week; next market |
| habu beene | week after next |