Nafaanra – English


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peereadjroughKolo kre peere.The road is bad.
peerivbreak into twoU finyjie kre peeri shiin.He broke the yam in two.
peeriivsacrificing to idolsPe pe jafun sɛɛn peerii baŋga.They are sacrificing to their jafun fetish tomorrow.
pefunndoerTuwe pefun n wa mna.There is no pharmacist here.
peiadvvery or completelyA Bashan oak tinyi tataara nyjɛ yi pe klɔ kre, pe yi chan pei.And many of the oak trees that have become forests they have chopped them all down.
peiiadvcompletelySro kre kɔ peii a u sɛ katoo.The food is completely finished, so he went home.
pemuadvdoingKre kee ŋga mu yo ŋga nyu pemu.This thing you have said are worth doing.
penchiɛnnworking knowledgeNyiɛkpɔɔ tia u ŋumu u nyi, mu u ŋga kɛ nyu tnumu penchiɛn jawala, na nɔɔloo, mbe u jaa u kɛ tɛɛ mbe tnumu nyini nyini tun.God cause his Spirit to fill him and gave him skilled work knowledge and understanding for him to be able to do many works.
penchinfunnskilled workerYira kro penchinfun ma.He does not have knowledge for everything.
penlevtestTicha wre sukuu biile pre penle.The teacher tested the children.
penleentestingPenlee ka ja na ndro jawala chinɛi.Testing is able to change the mind.
peyɛprothemselvesŊga pe tni ŋga pe n peyɛ chin.Even though they are staying together, they don't know one another.
peyoongossipA wa peyoo wru mbe pe yaka.And he won't listen to their gossip to do anything.
pɛɛnadjnot fertileMni tra kre nyi? Ki pe tra taan ree tra pɛɛn yin hin?How is the land? Is it a fertile land or is it an infertile land?
pɛɛnrɛnstingyBlɔ wree pɛɛnrɛ ni; ki tia u nɔɔlɔ na sɛ u lawee nyaanya.The man is stingy; that is why his friends are not quick to go to his house.
pɛɛrɛɛnblood sacrificeSɛɛn pɛɛrɛɛ tna kɔmfɔɛ pan.A blood sacrifice is sweet to fetish priests.
pɛɛrivset a trapU pɛlɛ kre pɛɛri kolo wa.He set the trap on the path.
pɛɛrifunnsacrificerJehu na ŋunu Ahab nɔɔ leele hamblɛ mblɛ pra kro pre gbo pei, pre na u sɛɛn pɛɛrifɛɛnlɛ pre kro ni.Jehu killed all the rest of the descendants of chief Ahab including all his fetish sacrificers.
pɛlɛn1machineryFunga pɛɛlɛɛ nɛɛ mu wɛ jle kre na.There is more machinery now than there was before.2trapPɛlɛ kre yurɔ yii.The trap caught an animal.
pɛlivhangingWɔɔ u pɛli tiŋge na wa kre.The snake is hanging from the tree.
pɛpɛadvlightlyA nyjeeri bituŋu ŋmba mi na wre na paara wre na ndru mu pan, mu ni gbun pɛpɛ na ndro ŋmba u ŋunu wi.A the angel who was talking with me came again and touched me lightly as a man who is sleeping.
pɛpɛŋgɛadvrandomlySyria ŋunɔwifun wa na u snini ŋu pɛpɛŋgɛ, a kra sɛ to ŋunu Ahab gbugbuɛ nu.A Syrian soldier shot his arrow randomly and it went and hit king Ahab in the side.
pɛprɛɛadjflatDne pɛprɛɛ ka wa nyua jaara wa.Flat stones are near the mountain.
pɛsiiadjthinPra swanyiɛ ŋga pra gbun pɛsii mna nyunɔmu kaanri ki na kre pɔ u nduwe na.They used gold which was flattened and wrote on it and tied in on his forehead.
pɛtipɛtiadjflat