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daa

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a market

  • BÉ› Å‹manila bihi bÉ›n Ê’i daa ni They are like children sitting in the market.
  • Alibarika n-nyÉ› daa nyaÉ£isim. Bargaining brings happiness to the market.
  • NapaÉ£iba gba daa yi kpe daa ni nti nya paÉ£isaribil’ viÉ›lli, bÉ› gbaar’ o mi kuli n-ti ti Naa, k’ o gba leei NapaÉ£a. The Chief's wives also go to the market and see a pretty girl, and take her home and give her to the Chief and she also becomes a Chief's wife.
  • A yi ti nya bua baÉ£ili daa ni, yÉ›la baÉ£ili m-be yiÅ‹a. If you see a pregnant goat in the market, there are pregnant troubles at home.
  • Naawun' lÉ›rig' a daa. May God give you good trading.
  • A yi kpe daa ka di bi larigi a, nyin' larigimi amaÅ‹a. If you go to market and the market doesn't reward you, you reward yourself.
  • Kulimiya ka daa labina dabisili din pahir’ ata dali. Go home and come back on the third day.

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day after tomorrow, day before yesterday

  • BÉ› Å‹manila bihi bÉ›n Ê’i daa ni They are like children sitting in the market.
  • Alibarika n-nyÉ› daa nyaÉ£isim. Bargaining brings happiness to the market.
  • NapaÉ£iba gba daa yi kpe daa ni nti nya paÉ£isaribil’ viÉ›lli, bÉ› gbaar’ o mi kuli n-ti ti Naa, k’ o gba leei NapaÉ£a. The Chief's wives also go to the market and see a pretty girl, and take her home and give her to the Chief and she also becomes a Chief's wife.
  • A yi ti nya bua baÉ£ili daa ni, yÉ›la baÉ£ili m-be yiÅ‹a. If you see a pregnant goat in the market, there are pregnant troubles at home.
  • Naawun' lÉ›rig' a daa. May God give you good trading.
  • A yi kpe daa ka di bi larigi a, nyin' larigimi amaÅ‹a. If you go to market and the market doesn't reward you, you reward yourself.
  • Kulimiya ka daa labina dabisili din pahir’ ata dali. Go home and come back on the third day.

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Noun

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market day

  • a bi zali ba da’ kpiɔŋ you did not set a high price on them.
  • yi mini niriba tɔɣisi gbaai yi zÉ”simo daa ni yÉ›n nyÉ› shÉ›m you haggle with people over the price of selling your friend.
  • Kawana daa gbihiya. The price of maize has fallen.
  • Ti ni doli Å‹arili soli n-filim kaÅ‹mÉ›ri Å‹mani, ka lee kpaÅ‹si di daa. We will cheat by reducing the size of the grain-measure and nevertheless increase the price.
  • o mini ba daa ti di daa he bargained with them.
  • Anduru mini Pita gba ya n-daa bala that was Andrew and Philip's town.
  • A ni tooi baÅ‹ tin’ daa yÉ›l’ la? Can you get to know what we have previously discussed and decided upon?
  • kpamba bÉ›n daa Ê’iini o ba Sulemaana tooni o ni daa na be o nyÉ›vili ni saha shÉ›l’ la the elders who had sat before his father Solomon while he was still alive.

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last [Gh.], [past], marker of general past time

  • a bi zali ba da’ kpiɔŋ you did not set a high price on them.
  • yi mini niriba tɔɣisi gbaai yi zÉ”simo daa ni yÉ›n nyÉ› shÉ›m you haggle with people over the price of selling your friend.
  • Kawana daa gbihiya. The price of maize has fallen.
  • Ti ni doli Å‹arili soli n-filim kaÅ‹mÉ›ri Å‹mani, ka lee kpaÅ‹si di daa. We will cheat by reducing the size of the grain-measure and nevertheless increase the price.
  • o mini ba daa ti di daa he bargained with them.
  • Anduru mini Pita gba ya n-daa bala that was Andrew and Philip's town.
  • A ni tooi baÅ‹ tin’ daa yÉ›l’ la? Can you get to know what we have previously discussed and decided upon?
  • kpamba bÉ›n daa Ê’iini o ba Sulemaana tooni o ni daa na be o nyÉ›vili ni saha shÉ›l’ la the elders who had sat before his father Solomon while he was still alive.

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price, trading-value

  • Saha ŋɔ naanzua mali daa pam. (Nowadays pepper's trading-value is very high)
  • Bua maa daa nyÉ›la wula? (How much is the price for the goat?)

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male