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Kabɩyɛ · Togo
Distinguish offering help from requesting it, then ask for clarification.
Activities are teaching adaptations. Source transcriptions remain pending expert review; each card states its source and status.
Choose the card for the person offering help and the card for the person requesting it. Read each source form separately, then use a repetition request when something is unclear. Ask a local speaker about the appropriate politeness in an office.
EN Say it slowly
FR Dites-le lentement
Editorial gloss and explanation · awaiting review
Say it slowly
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. 95 · printed p. 91
EN Say it again
FR Dites-le encore
Editorial gloss and explanation · awaiting review
Say it again
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.
The workbook’s legacy font encoding has been converted to visually matching Latin Kabɩyɛ letters, with printed tones retained. The original extracted text is preserved. This is not a modernization of the source orthography.
Tasɩ yɔdυ
Source : Kabiye O.P.L. Workbook — Peace Corps Togo
PDF p. 95 · printed p. 91
EN What does it mean?
FR Qu’est-ce que cela veut dire ?
Editorial gloss and explanation · awaiting review
What does it mean?
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.
The workbook’s legacy font encoding has been converted to visually matching Latin Kabɩyɛ letters, with printed tones retained. The original extracted text is preserved. This is not a modernization of the source orthography.
Pɩdɔbυ suwe?
Source : Kabiye O.P.L. Workbook — Peace Corps Togo
PDF p. 95 · printed p. 91
EN to write
FR écrire
Editorial gloss and explanation · awaiting review
To form letters, words or other written symbols.
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.
The workbook’s legacy font encoding has been converted to visually matching Latin Kabɩyɛ letters, with printed tones retained. The original extracted text is preserved. This is not a modernization of the source orthography.
mawυ
Source : Kabiye O.P.L. Workbook — Peace Corps Togo
PDF p. 111 · printed p. 107
EN Can I help you?
FR Puis-je vous aider ?
Editorial gloss and explanation · awaiting review
Can I help you?. Offer help to another person.
English follows the workbook’s meaning. French glosses and explanatory definitions are editorial. This attested example still awaits project expert review.
Source : Kabiye O.P.L. Workbook — Peace Corps Togo
PDF p. 86 · printed p. 82
EN Help me
FR Aide-moi
Editorial gloss and explanation · awaiting review
Help me. Ask one person to help you.
English follows the workbook’s meaning. French glosses and explanatory definitions are editorial. This attested example still awaits project expert review.
Source : Kabiye O.P.L. Workbook — Peace Corps Togo
PDF p. 87 · printed p. 83
EN Object pronouns: help me, help us
FR Les pronoms compléments : aide-moi, aide-nous
Editorial gloss and explanation · awaiting review
The workbook attaches an object pronoun to an imperative. Its example sɩna “help” becomes sɩnaɖʋ “help us”. These endings tell you who receives the action; they are different from the subject forms at the beginning of a verb.
| Person | Aspect / context | Kabɩyɛ | Meaning / note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Object ending | -m | me | |
| Object ending | -ŋ | you, singular | |
| Object ending | -ɩ | him / her | |
| Object ending | -ɖʋ | us | |
| Object ending | -mɩ | you, plural | |
| Object ending | -wɛ | them | |
| Complete example | sɩnaɖʋ | Help us. |
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.
Which object ending means “us”?
-ɖʋ
Source : Kabiye O.P.L. Workbook — Oral Proficiency Learning
PDF p. 87 · printed / imprimée 83