MANDINGO 
Give me fire^ 
Give me sandals. 
What does he say ? 
To kill an ox_, 
I will come to-morrow, 
My heart aches. 
Have you nothing to give me 
to-day. 
I am going to wash some 
linen, 
I am hungry, 
I am satisfied. 
Come with me, 
Stay here. 
Go and sit down in the 
house. 
Will you come with me into 
the Mandingo country? 
The road is bad, it is very 
stony, and there is much 
water, ' 
Come and eat some rice, 
I can eat nothing now, I am 
not hungry. 
All the slaves are gone to till 
the ground. 
VOCABULARY. 389 
Ata diamau. 
Assabata diamau. 
Kodit ? 
Nici fay a or faja. 
Adina cini. 
Cou ademino. 
Ate fin diamaubi. 
Ataja fany kau. 
Koug abefe. 
Afada. 
Ana nefe. 
Asigui yan. 
Ataja sigui so kono*, 
Abegue taja nefe Mandinga 
dougou ? 
Sila adiougou de, courou, 
gui, abefef. 
Ana maro doume. 
Ate fin fin doume, cuin 
afada. 
Youg ab^ taja s^neke. 
So signifies village. 
