Doomu Yalla

Question 1

ndekete

Answer 1

I didn’t realize

Question 2

caat mi

Answer 2

the youngest (in family)

Question 3

dafa aay gaf

Answer 3

bring bad luck

Question 4

aay

Answer 4

to be bad, mean, culturally inappropriate

Question 5

-aay

Answer 5

way of __v___-ing

Question 6

tëddaay

Answer 6

way of lying down

Question 7

bañ

Answer 7

refuse

Question 8

rëbbi

Answer 8

to hunting

Question 9

feeñu

Answer 9

appear to

Question 10

Yalla feeñu na Toni

Answer 10

God appeared to Toni

Question 11

Yalla daan feeñu Toni

Answer 11

God used to appear to Toni

Question 12

melokaan

Answer 12

form

Question 13

daar

Answer 13

cow

Question 14

Yalla daan na feeñu Toni ci melokaanu daar bu bare meew bu ñewee di nampal

Answer 14

God used to appear to Toni in the form of a cow with much milk and breast feed him

Question 15

musiba

Answer 15

misfortune

Question 16

yam ag/yemmoog

Answer 16

at the same time

Question 17

Dama dem kër Amadou yam ag Yamar di ko door.

Answer 17

I went to Amadou’s house at the same time as Yamar was hitting him.

Question 18

doxe

Answer 18

walk with (implement)

Question 19

doxe gannaw

Answer 19

sneak up behind/walk behind

Question 20

roy

Answer 20

to imitate

Question 21

roy baatam

Answer 21

imitate her voice

Question 22

jaaxle (intr.)

Answer 22

to be worried/puzzled/have problems

Question 23

mu jaaxle lool

Answer 23

she was very worried

Question 24

jaaxal (tr.)

Answer 24

to worry

Question 25

Binta dafa ma jaaxal.

Answer 25

Binta worries me.

Question 26

baat bu mu miin

Answer 26

a voice she was accustomed to

Question 27

naan

Answer 27

continuous form of “ne” - saying

Question 28

Yangi naan “baakan”

Answer 28

You were saying “nose.”

Question 29

baat bu mu miin di woy, naan ko

Answer 29

a familiar voice sang, saying to her…

Question 30

kaddu

Answer 30

speech/sentence/proverb/word

Question 31

ba mu deggee kaddu yooyu

Answer 31

when she heard those words

Question 32

yuuxu

Answer 32

scream

Question 33

dafa yuuxu, yuuxu gu tar, reer ci all bi

Answer 33

she screamed, a piercing scream that was lost to the bush