ˈEwɛnbo

Sɛnbi ˈkö -a ˈo ˈkpɛ Dauda. Siela Leɔnën (Sierra Leone) ˈlö -kɔɛ tshɔ ˈkö fɛn man -o -kpë -sɛ mi. -O dzhu bɛn ˈˈyi: -Mɛn -nɔn hɔn mɛn -bitshɔ nɛn, lëkö mɛn wosɔ ˈba e tsabiɛ fë ama -ba -le hö kpɔ bɛn nɛn. -Wo ˈkɛmuɛn, -ba kpɔ keke lɔ ˈgbuë. ˈBa nɔn kɔ ˈe bɛn ˈˈyɛ lɔ, -ba kpɛ -adzhofɔ ˈkö -bë. -Adzhofɔ -ɔ, -o -nɔn -po ˈkö -ze sɛnbi ˈkö, ˈakö -o -nɔn gban fi buö kɛ lɔ. ˈEhɛnnɛn -bɔ, sɛnbi ˈwɛn -a -nɔn gban fi buö lɔ, -o -mɔn ˈtshe fɛn, ˈakö hoe -mɔn ˈo dzhi tën fɛn. -Wɔ nɔn -poe ˈla ˈtsɛ, -o dzhu bɛn ˈˈyi: ‘-Mɛn shɛn ˈkö -hën, -wɔ nën -bë. -O -sɔ -talɛ fi, -o -ze fɔn, -o -kuö kuekue, ˈo wɛnpu -i, -e -fuö ˈfitaa, nanmɛ -wɔ nɔn -ngbɛ nën.’

“Mɛn nansɛ man -wɔ -hën ˈe -bɔ. Sɛnbi -ɔ -o dzhimi ˈakö -o -mɔn hö ko fɛn: ‘Bɛn ˈyi -mɛn dzhuɔ, ˈe ˈyi -e ˈsɛ ˈˈman ˈmun hɛn -wuën, ˈmun ˈkökögbɛ ˈmun -wɔ -hën ˈmun -ye.’ Han ˈla ˈo mii -o ˈˈsɛ ˈˈze ˈe nɛn ˈlö. -Adzhofɔ -ɔ, -awoa ˈyi ˈe hɔn ˈo -wɛn, -o -nɔn ˈe ˈla za ˈsöe ˈtën tën -fuö kɛ dzhi ɲɔn kɛ ˈˈman nɔn ˈpa ˈtshe.

“Sɛnbi ˈwɛn ˈwɔ -poe ˈla tsɛ, mɛn ‘Nansɛ’ -o -she kɛ -nda ˈkun kpɔ -ɛ han -ye, ˈkun -pia mii e ˈˈman mɛn nannan -shi, kɛ sɛ -le kpɔ -ɔ ˈla -giman. ˈBa ˈwɛn ˈba -nɔn bɛn -kan han, -ba -nɔn bɛn ˈˈyɛ fɛn. ˈAkö bɛn -ɛn, -e -kɔ lɔ.”

Tsabibi ˈˈman ˈkɛ fɛn, bɛn ˈkɛyɛ ˈnun, -e -sɛ kpe ˈnun. Tsabiɛ -akpumun -kɛke mi -ba ˈe ˈbuë ˈkun ˈba ˈwɛn ˈba ˈwuë, mmiɛ ˈwuën ˈlö ze, ˈakö mmiɛ tsabiɛ ba ˈwɛn ˈba hɔn zapɛn fɛn -bɛ bokan. ˈE bɛn ˈˈyɛ, -e -le dubɛ e? ˈBa ˈwɛn ˈba ˈwuë, -ba -bobo ze gbɛkpo e? ˈE ˈyi -e ˈˈsɛ ˈˈle dubɛ bɛn, ˈba ɲɔn man ˈba hɔn ˈe bɛn ˈkɛyɛ ˈzɔ e? -E -lëdzhën -ze ˈkun ˈa lɔ kosa ˈkɛyɛ ˈemɛnshu ˈkɛ. ˈEkun -e -le ˈwi e -nkɔan -man bɛn.