An Ka Bamanankan Kalan: Introductory Bambara

AN KA BAMANANKAN KALAM: INTRODUCTORY RMABARA Charles Bird John Hutchison Mamadou Kant Reproduced by the Indiana University Linguistics Club February, 1977 Write for our latest publications list IU Linguistics Club 310 Lindley Hall Bloomington, Indiana 47401 3 an ka bamanankan kalan Corps de la Paix Bamako (Bambara Text) The material which follows was developed by the Government of the United States of America, represented by the Office of International Operations, ACTION, under con- tract No. PC-180-N. 20 with Mr. John Priestley Hutchison. Reproduction of all or any portion of this material is prohibited without written authorization. PEACE CORPS BAMAKO, MALI FOREWORD There has been a long felt need in Peace Corps training programs in Mali for a complete set of Bambara teaching materials. This basic text and the accompanying texts on Agriculture and Poultry were designed to respond to that need. These Bambara lessons were prepared in late 1972 and early 1973 under non-personal services contract No. PC-l80-No.20 between the authors and Peace Corps Mali. The enserfcle is designed to provide a large quantity of teaching materials in a well-organized fashion, which can be easily adapted to the Bambara needs of any given program in Mali. We have tried to avoid any theoretical prejudice in either the applied or the descriptive linguistic reulm in hopes that the results may be useful to anyone supervising their use. We have, therefore, tried to include a full spectrum of language lesson devices, many of which have been used successfully by the Peace Corps in recent years. Thus, the various distinct elements of this text have been printed separately so that this master text will lend itself to adaptation, selection and rejection. 5 Introductory Bambara iv Foreword to the Third Edition The original edition of this text was produced for the Peace Corps by John Hutchison and Mamadou Kantg. It was reproduced in a small quantity (circa 100 copies) in Bamako, in 1972. It was substantially revised with the assistance of Charles Bird and reproduced in small quantity (100 copies) in two volumes of ten lessons each by the African Studies Center, Indiana University. The Third Edition includes some modifications and corrections in the text, although in principle it remains much the same as the Second Edition. We thank the editors of the Linguistics Club for their efforts in making this Third Edition. C.S.B. M.K. July 1976 TO THE STUDENT : This basic Bambara course is composed of twenty separate units. Each of the regular units contains the following elements: *- PROVERB - CYCLES *- MAJOR DIALOGUES *- PRACTICE DIALOGUES - EXERCISES *- TEXTS (SHORT) *- EXPLANATORY NOTES (CULTURAL and GRAMMATICAL) *- VOCABULARY *- ASSIGNMENTS (VISUAL A:DS) The starred items are the ones that should concern you the most in other words, nearly all the elements are important and should be used. The cycles and the exercises are mainly for pedagogical purposes for the coordinator and the teachers, but these may also be useful to you for reviewing and practicing. The new material of a given unit is contained in the dialogues and texts. We have tried to make these elements as practical and as relevant