1 Tijjani : Àa, Àbdùrràhman? Umm, Abdurrahman?
2 Abdurrahman : Yàayàa dai, Malàm Tìjjaani? How's it going, Mr. Tijjani?
3 T : Yàayàa dai, yàayàa gàrii? How's it going, how's life in the city?
4 A : Wàllaahì laafiyàa ƙalau. Just fine.
5 T : Yàayàa ìyaalìi? How's the family?
6 A : Yàayàa harkookii? How are affairs in general?
7 T : Ƙalau, wàllaahì. Just fine, by God.
8 A : Yàayàa Hajìyaa? How is your wife Hajiya?
9 T : Tanàa nan laafiyàa ƙalau. She's just fine.
10 A : Naa ji taa zoo. Yàushè nee ta zoo nèe? I heard she'd arrived. When is it she arrived?
11 T : Yâu dai wurin saatintà biyu kèenan. About two weeks ago.
12 A : Habàǃ Really?
13 T : Wàllaahì kùwaǃ Yes.
14 A : Àmmaa bà kà kyâutaa ba wàllaahìǃ But that's not fair!
15 T : Ai kaa san àbîn dà ya sâa…aikìi nee naa gayàa makà, wàatàu… Well you know what happened… it's work I told you, that is…
16 A : Ammaa bà kà tàmbàyee nì ba mèe ya sâa na cèe bà kà kyâutaa ba. But you haven't asked me why I said that wasn't fair.
17 T : Ai inàa tàmman koo zaa kà cêe koo dà bàn faɗàa makà ba. I think you'll say that I didn't tell you.
18 A : Ai shii nèe kuma bà kà kaawoo tà gidaanaa ba. Well that's it, you didn't bring her to my home.
19 T : Wàllaahì kaa san aikìi nee, na ga koodàyàushee kanàa yawàn aikìi, kuma gàa shi bàn san lookàcîn ba dà kakèe daawôowaa. By God you know it's the work, I see that you always have a lot of work, and what's more I don't know what time you return home.
20 A : Habà Maalàm Tìjjaani, ai naa gayàa makà kàafin ìn soomà aikìi na cèemaa gàa lookàcîn dà zân jee aikìi, gàa lookàcîn dà zân jee makarantaa. To shii kai dà kurùm dai ka cèe kâa yii shì, dà gàngan dai kurùm kâa yii shì. Come on Mr. Tijjani, I told you before I started working the time I would be going to work, and the time I would go to school. And you just said you would bring her, but you weren't serious.
21 T : Bàa hakà ba nèe Maalàm Àbdùrràhman. Kaa san àbîn dà ya sâa don na san kaa daawoo dàgà aikìi? Wàtàƙiilà koo kaa gàji, kuma wàtàƙiilà koo dàa maa naa yi makà saa'ìlîn kanàa barcii kàman wàatàu zân tàshee kà dàgà barcii. That's not so, Mr. Abdurrahman. You know the reason, even if I knew you'd returned from work? Perhaps you were tired, or even if I phoned you perhaps you were sleeping, and I would wake you up.
22 A : Habà, Maalàm Tìjjaani, kai, in kaa tàashee nì zân yi fushii? Kai maa kaa san in kaa tàashee nì bàa yândà zân iyà yîn fushii. Come on Mr. Tijjani, would I be angry if you woke me up? You know I couldn't be angry if you woke me up.
23 T : Tôo, sai dai ìn cêe dai sai kà yi manà hàƙurii kèenan. O.K., then let me say be patient with me.
24 A : Kai maa kaa san in dai kaa tàashee nì bàa yândà zân yi fushii. Kai dai kurùm dai kaa yii shì dà gàngan. You know that I could not be angry if you woke me up. You just weren't serious.
25 T : Aa'àa, bàa wai dà gàngan ba. No, it's not that I wasn't serious.
26 A : Tôo, yâu saatintà biyu…kuma koo kaa gayàa manà kaa kaawoo tà mù ɗan gaisàa mù tàmbàyee tà yàayàa gidaa Nìijeeriyà, kuma kurùm kaa yi shiruu, habà Maalàm Tijjaani, ai bàa hakà akèe yîI be. Munàa ƙasàashen wàje nèe fa. O.K. but it's two weeks now… and did you even tell me or bring her so that we could exchange greetings, and I could ask her news of Nigeria, you said nothing, come on Mr. Tijjani, that's not the way to do things. And we are far from home too.
27 T : Wàllaahì Maalàm Àbdùrràhman, hakà nee…sai dai kà yi hàƙurii, kaa san koomee, wàllaahì, don dai àbîn dà ya sâa kèenan. Yàayàa su Farìina kùwa? By God Mr. Abdurrahman, that's so… just be patient, you know everything, by God, that's the reason. How are Farina and the family?
28 A : Farìina? Farina?
29 T : …dà yâaraa? …and the children?
30 A : Tanàa nan wàllaahì. She's O.K. by God.
31 T : Yàayàa yâarân kuma? And how are the kids?
32 A : Laafiyàa ƙalau. Naa sàami, tòo, kwàanàkin baayaa dai mun sàami wàsiiƙàa dàgà gidaa. Just fine. I got a letter from home a few days ago.
33 T : Allàh? Really?
34 A : Ii, kaa san… Yes, you know…
35 T : Sunàa nan laafiyàa? Are they in good health?
36 A : Laafiyàa ƙalau. Just fine.
37 T : Tôo, maadàllaa. Good.
38 A : Inàa ƙòoƙarii, yànzu dai inàa shirìi, mài yìwuwaa maa zân tuuràa ta gidaa. I'm trying, now I'm preparing, it's possible I'll send her home.
39 T : Allàh, af… Really, well…
40 A : Zàn tuuràa ta gidaa na cèe. I'll send her home I said.
41 T : Na cèe koo an sàami ràboo nèe? Are you separated?
42 A : Aa tôo, ii, inàa tsàmmaanìi dai, àmmaa koo an sàami ràboo kaa san bài càncantà ba à tuuràa ta gidaa, koo dai waɗansu ɗan màtsalàa… Well, yes, I think so, but even if we are separated I shouldn't send her home, even if there are problems…
43 T : Allàh ba? Really?
44 A : Yes. Yes.
45 T : Ii, tôo Allàh yà sâa dai zaa tà jee gidaa tà daawoo laafiyàa. Yes, well may she go home and return safely.
46 A : Zaa tà jee. She will go.
47 T : Zaa tà daawoo ba? Will she return?
48 A : Ii, bà zaa tà wucè watàa ɗaya ba tâa daawoo. Yes, she won't be gone for more than a month.
49 T : Tôo. Good.
50 A : Wàatàu àbîn dà ya fàaru shii nèe, àkwai iyàayentà ba? Well, what happened is this, you know her parents?
51 T : Ii. Yes.
52 A : Wàatau ɗànsu na faarì, shii nèe wàllaahì Allàh ya yi masà ràsuwaa. Well their first son, by God he died.
53 T : Allàh sarkiiǃ Good God!
54 A : Allàh ya yi masà ràsuwaa. He died.
55 T : Allàh sarkiiǃ Good God!
56 A : Tôo, shii nèe ta màatsu ta cèe doolè nee sai taa jee taa gan shì. Well she felt obliged to go and see him.
57 T : Hakà nee, Allàh yà ji ƙanshì. Of course, may God have mercy on him.
58 A : Doolè sai taa jee… She had to go…
59 T : …yi musù jànaa'izàa. …to the funeral.
60 A : Àhâa. Aha.
61 T : Allàh yà ji ƙanshì. May God have mercy on him.
62 A : Àamin. Amen.
63 T : Allàh yà gaafàrtaa matà. May God forgive him.
64 A : Àamin. Amen.
65 T : Allàh yà raamashee shì. May God have mercy on him.
66 A : Àamin. Amen.
67 T : Ai kaa san irìn wànnan làabaarìi bâa shi dà daaɗii. Wani lookàcii gàa shi kanàa can wata ƙasaa da neesà, à zoo à faɗàa mak irìn wànnan. Well you know that kind of news is not pleasant. Sometimes there you are in a far off country, and you are told this kind of thing.
68 A : Wàllaahìǃ That's true.
69 T : Bâa daaɗii, duk sai yà tad dà hankàlinkù. It's unpleasant, it upsets you.
70 A : Tôo, yàayàa zaa à yi kàm dòn Allàh? Koo kùwa kawài à cêe Ùbangijì sai idòo. Well what can you do? We are in God's hands.
71 T : Hakà nee. Kai, hankàlinkà bàa à kwànce ba, ita maa màatankà bàa à kwànce ba. That's true. Really, you are upset, and your wife is upset.
72 A : Kuma gidaa maa hankàlinshì bàa à kwànce ba. And the whole family is distressed.
73 T : Tôo, gidaa kùwa bàa à kwànce a. Yes and the family too.
74 A : Wàllaahìǃ By God!
75 T : Bàllàntanaa maa kai dà kakè nàn niisan duuniyàa, kai kânkù bà à san yàayàa kukè ba. Much less that you are so far away, they don't know how you are managing.
76 A : Wàllaahìǃ By God!
77 T : Tun dà kaa ga wàsiiƙàa yànzu, wàsiiƙàr nân dà mukà rubùutaa, sai tà yi maakòo biyu koo ukù maa. Since you've seen a letter now, that letter we wrote, it will take two or even three weeks.
78 A : Tôo, wani lookàciii, maa har bìyar maa yanàa kâiwaa. And sometimes it takes five.
79 T : Wani lookàcii maa koo kaa rubùutaa bà zaa sù saambuuba. And sometimes they don't even receive your letters.
80 A : Hakà nee. That's true.
81 T : Wàllaahìǃ By God!
82 A : Bâa shakkàa. For sure.
83 T : Kaa san shii sha'ànîn can wuràaren naamù, wani lookàcii sha'àninsà, àl'amàrîn nan naasà yanàa dà wàhalàa. You know the state of things over there at home, it's sometimes difficult.
84 A : Kaa san kuma bâa àbù mài baa dà haushii dà kuma cîn mutuncìn kàman kà ɗàuki biiròo fa, Maalàm Tìjjaani, kà ajìyee ta kà rubùutaa kà yi, doolè kanàa tsàmmaanìi nân dà kwana goomà shàa huɗu koo bìyar taaisa har an yi reply an aikàa makà. You know there's nothing more annoying or humiliating than to write a letter, Mr. Tijjani, and you think it will reach home in a couple of weeks and you'll receive a reply.
85 T : Hakà nee. That's true.
86 A : Àmmaa ìnaa? Kaa zaunàa kanàa zuurà idòo. But no such luck. You just sit and wait.
87 T : Wàllaahìǃ By God!
88 A : Kuma bâa àbîn dà zaa kà ganii. And you won't see a thing.
89 T : Saa'ìlîn maa kanàa rubùutâawaa maa koo, kanàa rubùutâawaa maa kanàa ganii wàatàu kàman suu can gidaa suu nèe sukèe karàntâawaa… And sometimes you write thinking that the folks back home will be reading it…
90 A : Shii nèe. Exactly.
91 T : …sunàa fàahintàn àbìn dà kakèe nufìi. And they know what's going on.
92 A : Bâa shakkàa. Exactly.
93 T : Don hakà sai kà ga wàatàu kanàa jiràn amsàa. Raanân maa dà ka yi, wàatàu raanân dà ka aikà dà wàsiiƙàrkà, rân nan zaa kà riƙà tùnàanii yàushè zaa kà sàami amsàa. And so you wait for an answer. Even the very day you sent the letter you start thinking about when you'll get a reply.
94 A : Bâa shakkàa. For sure.
95 T : Wàllaahìǃ By God!
96 A : Yàayàa aayàn sallàa, laafiyàa lau? Are the prayers going well?
97 T : Laafiyàa ƙalau, wàllaahì. Fine, thank you.
98 A : Ai mun goodè Allàh yà nuunàa manà na bana kuma. We thank God. May God take us safely through the year.
99 T : Wàllaahìǃ By God!
100 A : Allàh yà maimàitaa manà. May God see us safely through.
101 T : Allàh yà sâa wàllaahì, Allàh yà tàimàkee mù. May God help us.
102 A : Inaa ka je ka yi sallàa nee yâu? Where did you pray today?
103 T : Ai wàllaahì can wani bàbban masallaacii na jee, Laarabaawaa, wàatàu dà muu dà waɗansu Laarabaawaa da yawàa. I went to a large mosque, we and a number of Arabs.
104 A : Àllaahù Àkbarǃ God is great!
105 T : Wàllaahìǃ Really!
106 A : Àllaahù Àkbarǃ God is great!
107 T : Àamin, àbin shà'awàa. Amen, it was amazing.
108 A : Laa'ìllaa. Really?
109 T : Ai, wàllaahì, dà mukà jee anàa sàlaatìi, anàa sàlaatìi, anàa kiràn su nân Ùbangijì. Wàatàu sai kà ji, kàman inàa wurîn kawài, kàman inàa umraa, kàman dai wàatàu ta bana ɗìn nan dà mukà jee, ta bana dà mukà jee, ta bana dà mukà jee, dà zaa mù jee kai dà kai. Really, when we arrived they were praying and calling upon God. It was just like the pilgrimage to Mecca, just like the pilgrimage we both went on this year.
110 A : Shii nèe. That's so.
111 T : Wàllaahi, ai àbîn, àbîn ban shà'awàa. Wàatàu sai maa sai kà ji wàatàu àbîn, wàatàu, yaa taɓàa makà zuucìyakkà. Really it was amazing. You would also feel how it affected you.
112 A : Sai maa yà yi makà hakà. Yes it would do that to you.
113 T : Wàllaahì, kàman ka koomàa kawài. Allàh yà nuunàa manà mài kyâu kawài, Allàh kuma yà kyautàtà farkonmù. It was just as if you'd gone to Mecca. May God give us grace.
114 A : Àamin. Amen.
115 T : Wàllaahì kùwaǃ By God!
116 A : Tôo, yàayàa Àbdùrràzâk? Fine, how is Abdurrazak?
117 T : Àbdùrràzâk dai, nii, àbîn, gàa shi gàa shi wàatàu wasu abuubuwàa nan koo daidai yakèe fàaruwaa? Nii bàn gaanèe ba. As for Abdurrazak, well are things going well for him. I don't understand him.
118 A : Àmmaa kaa san Àbdùrràzâk, naa gaỳaa mashì na cèe zaa mù zoo nân, Àbdùrràzâk ya cèe minì, "Ii, in Allàh ya yàrda," zài iyàa, zài gwadàa yà zoo. Àmmaa Àbdùrràzâk, àbîn dà ya yi minì nii bàn yi zàtoo zâ yi minì ba, naa yi mun taashì mun jee zaa mù ɗàuki Àbdùrràzâki, Àbdùrràzâk sai ya cèe wai shii yanàa kaɗà jìtaa. But you know Abdurrazak, I told him we would be coming here, and he said to me, "God willing", he would be able to come. But Abdurrazak, I didn't think he would do that to me, we went to pick up Abdurrazak and he said he was playing his guitar.
119 T : Tôo, kaa ga kai, nan kusa maa dà kai, mooloo maa yakèe kaɗàawaa. Well you know he plays the guitar close by.
120 A : Mooloo yakèe kaɗàawaa? He plays the guitar?
121 T : Mooloo nèe mukà jee mukà sàamee shì yanàa kaɗàawaa. Kaa san nii dâa maa mun rigaa mun yi dà shii cêewaa lallee, lallee, lallee cêewaa kadà yà yàrda mù saaɓà àlkawàrinmù dà mukà yi wà waɗànnân mutàanee. We went and found him playing his guitar. You know that we agreed all along that we shouldn't break the promise that we had made to these people.
122 A : Don kwàanàkin baayaa mun saaɓàa musù. Because we did break our last promise to them.
123 T : Tôo, don mun saɓàa musù, koo bàa haka bà? Quite, because we broke that promise, didn't we?
124 A : Gàskiyaa nèe. True,
125 T : Kaa ga àbù nee wândà ya kàmaatà kai kanàa, à cêe, kai kanàa Mùsùlmii, bài kàmaatà à cêe kaa yi wà wani àlkawàrii ka saaɓàa ba, bà kà cikàa ba, koo bàa hakà ba? You know that if you are a Muslim, it shouldn't be said of you that you made a promise to someone but didn't keep it.
126 A : Gàskiyaa nèe. That's true.
127 T : Yaa zama sai dà mukà yi masà màganàa, muka faɗàa masà koomee, ya cèe, aa'àa, kâr mù dàamu, gàa shi, gàa shi lallee, lallee in zaa mù tàfi mù bi ta wurin îndà sukèe kaɗà moolòn nan mù jee mù ɗàukee shì. We talked to him and he said we shouldn't worry, when we set off we should go via the place where they play their guitars and pick him up.
128 A : Tôo, kaa san àbîn dà zân gayàa wà Àbdùrràzâk in mun koomàa? Well, you know what I'm going to say to Abdurrazak when we return?
129 T : Àhaa? Aha?
130 A : Zân cêe, Àbdùrràzâk, bà zaa kà iyà yîn iyâ sheegèe ba fa Àbdùrràzâk. I'll say, Abdurrazak, you shouldn't play such tricks.
131 T : Hakà nee fa. That's right.
132 A : Àbdùrràzâk, tun dà kaa san bà zaa kà jee ba Àbdùrràzâk, mèe ya sâa bà kà gayàa manà tun faarì ba? Kaa san mun ƙoona maì. Ka ga na farkoo. Abdurrazak, since you intend not to go, why didn't you tell us in the first place? You know we used a lot of gas. That's the first thing.
133 T : Hakà nee fa. That's right.
134 A : Kaa san muu mun cêe zaa mù zoo muu huɗu, bà kà zoo ba. You know we said that the four of us would come, but you didn't make it.
135 T : Hakà nee fa. That's right.
136 A : Kaa ga na biyu? Kuma kaa san muu mun ɓaatà lookàcinmù har bà mù isoo nân daidai lookàcîn dà akèe sôo mù isoo ba. And you know the second thing? We wasted a lot of time and you didn't get here at the arranged time.
137 T : Hakà nee fa wàllaahìǃ That's correct.
138 A : Shii wànnan yanàa dà kyâu? And is that kind of thing proper?
139 T : Ìnaa fa kyâu? How could it be proper?
140 A : Kaa ga Àbdùrràzâk, zân cêe masà, "Àbdùrràzâk, tun dà dai kaa rigaa ka yi manà wànnan, ai, bà zaa kà ƙaarà yîi manà na biyu ba." You know Abdurrazak, I'll say to him, "Abdurrazak, since you've pulled this one on me, you won't do it again."
141 T : Hakà nee fa. That's right.
142 A : Duk rân dà mukà cêe mak, "Àbdùrràzâk, tun dà dai kaa rigaa kaa yi manà wànnan", ai, bà zaa kà ƙaarà yîi manà na biyu ba. Whenever we say to you, "Abdurrazak, get ready and let's go", you can be sure there will be no guitar playing.
143 T : Hakà nee fa. That's right.
144 A : In mun jee mun sàamee kà kuma, kanàa nan gàa shi mooloo, zaa mù ƙwaacèe… If we come to get you, and there you are with your guitar, we'll take it away from you…
145 T : Zaa mù ƙwaacèe… We'll take it away…
146 A : Zaa mù cikà shìgaa mootàa mù tafi. We'll get into the car and leave.
147 T : Koo bàa hakà ba? Don ya zàmaanà kàm an saaɓà àlkawàrii, bâa shi dà daaɗii. Isn't that so? Because it is not good to break promises.
148 A : Gàskiyaa nèe. That's true.
149 T : Koo bàa hakà ba? Isn't that so?
150 A : Koowaa maa, koowaa akà yi masà hakà, bâa daaɗii. Whoever is treated in that fashion, it's not good.
151 T : Tôo, kaa ga nii, wàllaahì, dâa maa dà kukèe faɗàa manà ha linshì koo, bàn taɓà tsàmmaanìi hakà ba nèe, don nii, wàatàu à cikin zuucìyaataa, inàa ɗaukàn wàatàu shii yaa san àbîn da yakèe gùdaanàa, shii dai wàatàu yanàa ɗaukàn koomee à tàakaa tsantsan. Well, as for myself, when you were telling me about his character, I never thought that to be the case, for in my heart I thought he knew what he was about, that he was a responsible person.
152 A : Hakà nee. Yes.
153 T : Koo bàa hakà ba? Koomee ya shaafà ruwaa à gàbaanaa, inàa ganii. Koo bàa hakà ba? Isn't that so? Whatever concerns me, I'm aware of it. Isn't that so?
154 A : Ii, tun farkoo kai bà kà gaanèe ba. Yes, but you never understood him from the start.
155 T : Tôo, nii, kaa ga nii bàn ɗàuki àbîn nan ba. Nii dai, ai àbîn dà ya sâa na faɗàa makà kèenan, na cèe nii inàa tsàmmaanìi yanàa ɗaukàn tàakaa tsantsan, koo bàa hakà ba, koo nii maa inàa tùnàanii wani lookàcii ìn cêe, ii, àbìn dà ya kàmaatà mùtûm à duuniyàa, kar kà nuunà koomee yaa dàamee kà. Well, as I told you, I thought he was a responsible man, I thought that whatever a man does in this world, whatever bothers you, don't show it.
156 A : Shii nèe ai, ai nii naa san Àbdùrràzâk. That's it, I know Abdurrazak.
157 T : Koo bàa hakà ba? Isn't that so?
158 A : Àbdùrràzâk, koomee dà koomee naa sanìi. I know everything about Adurrazak.
159 T : Yan kwàanàkîn nan biyu, sai ya zàmaanà wàatàu koomee, nii kàm wàllaahì tàllaahì, sai ya zàmaanà kàman bàa mùtûm ba kuma. During the last few days, by God, it's as if he's not a man at all.
160 A : Allàh? Really?
161 T : Wàllaahìǃ Tòo, mèeyeenèe mùtûm, ai wândà dâa maa, wândà in ya cèe, "Aa'àa, zân yi àbù kàzaa," zâi yi ƙooƙarii yà ga yaa yi, koo bàa hakà ba, in yaa yi àlkawàrii, yà ga yaa yi ƙòoƙarii yà cikà àlkawàrîn nan. Truly! Well what is a man? He's a person who, if he says, "No, I'll do such-and-such", will make sure that he does it, if he makes a promise, he will try to keep it.
162 A : Gàskiyaa nee. That's true.
163 T : Kòo baa hakà ba? Ai àbîn dà ya yi mùtûm nee koo? Isn't that so? Isn't that what makes a man?
164 A : Ai àddiinìn Musuluncìi maa, ai àlkawàrii shii nèe. Well, according to Islam, a promise is a promise.
165 T : Tôo. Fine.
166 A : Àlkawàrii dai, doolè kà cikàa shi. You must keep a promise.
167 T : Shii nèe. That's right.
168 A : …in kaa cikàa ka cèe bà zaa kà iyàa ba… …if you make a promise and then you say you can't keep it…
169 T : Tôo, kadà maa kà faɗàa, àbîn dà ka san bà zaa bà cikàa ba, in an tàmbàyee kà, kâr kà ji tsòoron koomee, in an tàmbàyee kà kà faɗàa koo kà cêe aa'àa bà zaa kà sàami haalii ba. Fine don't give the promise, if you won't be able to do something, if you are asked, don't be afraid, if you're asked just say you won't be able to do it.
170 A : Ai yà gayàa minì yà cêe aa'àa waanè kâr kù zoo, nii fa zân jee ta kiɗàn mooloo. Or he should simply say that we shouldn't come, that he's off to play his guitar.
171 T : Hakà nee. That's so.
172 A : Tôo, kaa ga mèe zài kai kà wurin kiɗàn mooloo. I mean why should you go to the guitar place?
173 T : Hakà nee, gàa wurii maa, bàa wurii kusa ba. Quite, and it's far away too.
174 A : Wàllaahì kùwaǃ Yes it is!
175 T : Doogon tàfiyàa ìrin wànnan, kà duubà dai shân mâi dà mootàa ta yi irìn wànnan, koo bàa hakà ba? Allàh dai yaa tàimàkee mù, mootàa maa, mootàa baa tàa shân mâi sòosai. A long journey like that one, look at the gas we used. But God has helped us, the car doesn't use up too much gas.
176 A : Baa tàa shân mâi gàskiyaa. It's true, the car is economical.
177 T : Koo bàa haka ba? Isn't that so?
178 A : Gàskiyaa nèe. That's true.
179 T : Àmmaa nii kàm, ai kàm, yaa raunànaa manà zuucìyaa. Bâa wândà zài saakè gayàa manà màganàa wai wani làabaarìi hakà akà yàrda. Don kaa ga dâa maa an cêe màganàa shii kàn yi mùtûm. Koo bàa hakà ba? But as for myself, he really has upset me. No one will play that trick on me again. Because you know you judge a man by his statements. Isn't that so?
180 A : Ii. Yes.
181 T : Àbîn dà mùtûm zâi faɗàa makà, gàa shi cêewaa ii lallee, lallee zâi yi. In bài yi ba, doolè, wàatàu girmansà zài ràgu à gàbankà, koo bàa hakà ba, à idònkà. What a man says to you, there he is saying of course, of course he will do it. If he doesn't do it, his standing is lowered in your eyes.
182 A : Àmmaa dai yànzu àbîn dà zaa à yi, sai à yàafee shì. But what we should do now is forgive him.
183 T : Tôo, ai bâa dàamuwaa. Yes, no problem.
184 A : Sai à yàafee shì. We should forgive him.