Beach & Activities

1. Mi waawi fubbade ka baharu?

   Can I swim in the sea?

   Usage

   Raise the voice to ask. baharu, an Arabic loan, means sea or ocean

   Grammar Note

   Bah dictionary fubbagol = "nager" (a middle-voice verb, so after waawi it takes -ade, like daraade and fillaade in the dictionary examples), baharu = "mer; océan"; ka is the locative preposition. Composed from dictionary-verified words following regular grammar (not yet checked by a native speaker).

2. Hannde hino wuli buy.

   It is very hot today

   Usage

   buy means "a lot, very"; also a small-talk remark about the heat

   Grammar Note

   Built from the Bah example under naange "Hannde naange ngen hino wuli" (today the sun is hot) and the use of buy. Composed from dictionary-verified words following regular grammar (not yet checked by a native speaker).

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