Kabɩyɛ LabLANGUAGE · PEOPLE · KNOWLEDGEKabɩyɛ · Togo
Recognise an invitation to sit and a good-trip wish.
Activities are teaching adaptations. Source transcriptions remain pending expert review; each card states its source and status.
Match each complete source phrase to the host or visitor. Keep alternative source phrasings separate and ask a speaker which fits a single person or a group.
EN Have a seat
FR Asseyez-vous
Editorial gloss and explanation · awaiting review
Have a seat
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. 96 · printed p. 92
EN Come back early
FR Reviens tôt
Editorial gloss and explanation · awaiting review
Come back early
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. 96 · printed p. 92
EN I want to travel and I'll be back
FR Je veux voyager et je reviendrai
Editorial gloss and explanation · awaiting review
I want to travel and I'll be back
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.
Mowoki mυmaw mɔŋgɔ
Source : Kabiye O.P.L. Workbook — Peace Corps Togo
PDF p. 96 · printed p. 92
EN Have a good trip
FR Bon voyage
Editorial gloss and explanation · awaiting review
Have a good trip
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. 96 · printed p. 92
EN You are welcome
FR Soyez les bienvenus
Editorial gloss and explanation · awaiting review
You are welcome. Welcome the people who have arrived.
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.
Ɩtálὶ ɖéw
Source : Kabiye O.P.L. Workbook — Peace Corps Togo
PDF p. 17 · printed p. 13
EN Thanks a lot
FR Merci beaucoup
Editorial gloss and explanation · awaiting review
Thanks a lot. Express strong thanks for assistance.
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.
Ŋlaba lέ kpém
Source : Kabiye O.P.L. Workbook — Peace Corps Togo
PDF p. 60 · printed p. 56
EN Subject pronouns: who does the action?
FR Les pronoms sujets : qui fait l’action ?
Editorial gloss and explanation · awaiting review
Subject pronouns join the verb that follows them. The workbook gives the six forms below, then explains that ma and pa change their vowel with wɛwʋ “to be”. Learn the pronoun together with an attested verb form: a dictionary infinitive is not a complete sentence.
| Person | Aspect / context | Kabɩyɛ | Meaning / note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | má | I | |
| Subject | ŋ | you, singular | |
| Subject | ɛ̀ | he / she | |
| Subject | ɖɩ | we | |
| Subject | ɩ | you, plural | |
| Subject | pá | they |
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 listed subject pronoun means “we”?
ɖɩ. Its form in a complete verb should be learned from the source example.
Source : Kabiye O.P.L. Workbook — Oral Proficiency Learning
PDF p. 12 · printed / imprimée 8
EN Give a simple instruction
FR Donner une consigne simple
Editorial gloss and explanation · awaiting review
The food lesson prints imperative phrases separately from dictionary infinitives. Use the attested command, followed by its object. These short cooking instructions show why the infinitive cannot simply be reused as every command.
| Person | Aspect / context | Kabɩyɛ | Meaning / note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instruction | Naŋ kpanzʋ | Grind pepper. | |
| Instruction | Ɖʋ ɖɔm | Put salt. | |
| Instruction | Sɔzɩ̀ num | Add oil. |
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.
Find the source command meaning “Add oil”.
Sɔzɩ̀ num
Source : Kabiye O.P.L. Workbook — Oral Proficiency Learning
PDF p. 45 · printed / imprimée 41
EN Inviting: going together or asking someone to come
FR Inviter : partir ensemble ou faire venir quelqu’un
Editorial gloss and explanation · awaiting review
The workbook presents two invitation constructions. The first is used when the person inviting and the invitees go somewhere together. The second invites someone to come to the speaker’s home or to a meeting place. The speaker’s wish comes before the proposed action. Compare the two complete examples on page 52: translating each English word separately does not determine the construction.
Teaching summary of the cited page. No new Kabɩyɛ example was produced; complete forms remain available in the original document.
What difference in meaning distinguishes the two constructions?
Going somewhere together, or asking someone to come to the speaker’s home or a meeting place.
Source : Kabiye O.P.L. Workbook — Oral Proficiency Learning
PDF p. 52 · printed / imprimée 48