Wednesday, April 6, 2011

What Musical Instrument Do you Play?


Yap jwe tanbou.
They're playing the conga.


When identifying which musical instrument you play, you may omit the definite article in your sentence.
Example:
I play the guitar. - M jwe gita

I play the flute. - M jwe flit.

I love the conga. - M renmen tanbou.

We play the trumpet. - Nou jwe twompèt.

She plays the clarinet. - Li jwe klarinèt.


In other forms of sentences, you may add the definite article.
example:

Bring the conga. - Pote tambou a.

Place the piano here - Mete pyano a la.

The guitar fell. - Gita a tonbe.

The clarinet belongs to him. - Klarinèt la se pou li.

Sound the trompet. - Sonnen twonpèt la.

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