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Kabɩyɛ · Togo

People and places at work

Recognise a shopkeeper, an apprentice and a workplace.

Activities are teaching adaptations. Source transcriptions remain pending expert review; each card states its source and status.

Match the job and place cards to their meanings. Select the words relevant to your work and keep them as vocabulary, not automatically assembled sentences.

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tʋmɩyɛ

EN work; job

FR Travail

Editorial gloss and explanation · awaiting review

An activity, task, job or occupation.

Transcription de la source, contrôlée visuellement sur le PDF. Validation linguistique par les experts du projet à venir.

Transcription and translation notes

English gloss and explanation are editorial translations of the French source label, not a separate expert validation of the Kabɩyɛ form.

Source : Mon livret de vocabulaire français-kabɩyɛ, 2ème édition (juillet 2019)

PDF p. 21 · page imprimée 21

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kɩtʋmɩyɛ

EN profession; occupation; job

FR Profession

Editorial gloss and explanation · awaiting review

The work a person does as an occupation.

Transcription and translation notes

Kabɩyɛ and French come from the Académie vocabulary. English glosses and explanatory definitions are editorial; project expert review is pending.

Source : Mon livret de vocabulaire français-kabɩyɛ, 2ème édition (juillet 2019)

PDF p. 18 · page imprimée 18

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kedizaɣ

EN meeting

FR réunion

Editorial gloss and explanation · awaiting review

An occasion when people gather to discuss or do something.

Transcription and translation notes

The English meaning comes from the Peace Corps workbook. The French gloss is an editorial translation. Printed spellings and tones are retained; font-encoding repairs are disclosed separately. Project expert review is pending.

Source : Kabiye O.P.L. Workbook — Peace Corps Togo

PDF p. 107 · printed p. 103

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faɖɛ̀

EN shop

FR boutique

Editorial gloss and explanation · awaiting review

A place where goods are sold.

Transcription and translation notes

English follows the workbook’s meaning. French glosses and explanatory definitions are editorial. This attested example still awaits project expert review.

Legacy PDF font codes have been converted to visually matching Latin Kabɩyɛ letters, preserving printed tones and the original extracted text. This does not modernize the source orthography.

Original extracted text

faɖὲ

Source : Kabiye O.P.L. Workbook — Peace Corps Togo

PDF p. 60 · printed p. 56

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faɖɛ̀dʋ́

EN shopkeeper

FR boutiquier ; boutiquière

Editorial gloss and explanation · awaiting review

A person who runs or works in a shop.

Transcription and translation notes

English follows the workbook’s meaning. French glosses and explanatory definitions are editorial. This attested example still awaits project expert review.

Legacy PDF font codes have been converted to visually matching Latin Kabɩyɛ letters, preserving printed tones and the original extracted text. This does not modernize the source orthography.

Original extracted text

faɖὲdύ

Source : Kabiye O.P.L. Workbook — Peace Corps Togo

PDF p. 93 · printed p. 89

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tʋ̀má kpɛlɛkɩya

EN apprentices

FR apprentis ; apprenties

Editorial gloss and explanation · awaiting review

People learning a trade through training or practice.

Transcription and translation notes

English follows the workbook’s meaning. French glosses and explanatory definitions are editorial. This attested example still awaits project expert review.

Legacy PDF font codes have been converted to visually matching Latin Kabɩyɛ letters, preserving printed tones and the original extracted text. This does not modernize the source orthography.

Original extracted text

tὺmá kpɛlɛkɩya

Source : Kabiye O.P.L. Workbook — Peace Corps Togo

PDF p. 91 · printed p. 87

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Related grammar

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Nouns: learn the singular and plural together

EN Nouns: learn the singular and plural together

FR Les noms : apprendre singulier et pluriel ensemble

Editorial gloss and explanation · awaiting review

Kabɩyɛ nouns have several plural patterns. The workbook illustrates -naa, replacement of a final vowel by -aa, and other pairs. Store the plural with each noun rather than applying one ending to every word.

Nouns: learn the singular and plural together
PersonAspect / contextKabɩyɛMeaning / note
Singular → pluralcíca → cícanaateacher → teachers
Singular → pluralkólú → kólaablacksmith → blacksmiths
Singular → pluralwiyaw → awiyachief → chiefs
Transcription and translation notes

Forms were compared with the PDF. Legacy font characters are represented with the corresponding Latin Kabɩyɛ letters (ɩ, ɛ, ʋ, ɖ, ŋ), retaining printed tone marks.

Editorial exercises · awaiting review

What is the source plural of cíca?

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cícanaa

Source : Kabiye O.P.L. Workbook — Oral Proficiency Learning

PDF p. 20 · printed / imprimée 16

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