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• Ɛli ŋun daa nyɛ maligumaana la daa ʒila kuɣ’ zuɣu Yawɛ jɛmbu duu maa ni tab’ dunoli Eli who was a priest was sitting on a stool near the door of the worship room of the Lord.
• (bɛ) zaŋ o zuɣu m-pa kuɣ’ titali maa zuɣu (they) took his head and laid it on the big stone.
• Guŋa wɔndi la guŋguma ka bɛ puɣiri guŋguma maa n-yihiri gumdi ka chɛ gumboɣu. A kapok tree produces kapok-pods and they scoop out the kapok and leave the seeds.
• A yɛla yi yili tia nyin’ dum’ nti yiligi li tia maa zuɣu. If your problems are hanging on a tree, you climb the tree in order to remove them.
• A ni zaŋ binshɛli biri maa kul nyɛla bimbiɛlli The thing that you sow is just a seed.
• bɛ daa chaŋ ti kpe Lɛvi maa yiŋa they went and went into Levi's house.

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• O ni daa chaŋ maa, ka o daa wum di yɛlimaŋli. ‘When he went, he learned the truth.’.