hello: *

in the morning

at noon

in the afternoon

at night

*a woman answers:

* a man answers:

how are you?

and your family?

i’m fine

very well

good evening

good night

goodbye

please

thank you

yes

no

okay

i’m sorry

friend

girlfriend

water

to drink

money

market

to buy

a little

much/many

how much is that

that’s okay

that’s not okay

it’s too expensive

i ni sògòma

i ni tile

i ni wula

i ni su

n’se

m’ba

i kan kéné wa

somògò ka kéné

tòòro té

hèrè doron

i ni wula

kan si

ka an bé

hakéto

i ni cé

owo

ayi

baasi tè

y’a fama

tèrikè

tèrimuso

dji

mín

wari

sugo

ka san

dônin

chaman

djoli don

a ka nye

a ma nye

a ka nyèten

the numbers

1        kélen

2       fila

3       saba

4       naani

5  duuru                            

6       wòoro

7       wolonwoula

8       segin

9       kononton

10      tan

11       tani kélén

12      tani fila

13      tani saba

14      tani naani

15      tani duuru

16      tani woòro

17      tani wolonwoula

18      tani segin

19      tani kononton

20      mougan

30      bi saba

40      bi naani

           etc.

100      kei-mei

200     kei mei fila

           etc.

1000   waa kélén

2000   waa fila

           etc.

The used change is the frank CFA;

1 Euro is ca.  655 Cfa. 

Doreme means 5 Cfa. 

The price that one asks you is the multiplication by the amount following, so:

doreme fila = 10 Cfa.

doreme duuru = 25 Cfa

But the multiplying figure also can be repeated two times:

doreme fila = 10 Cfa = fila fila

doreme duuru = 25 Cfa = duuru duuru

doreme tan = 50 Cfa = tan tan