how, as

• Naawuni ni daa nam binshɛɣukam shɛm How God Created Everything.
• O yɛli ba di ni be shɛm. He told them how it is.
• A ni tooi baŋ kambɔntɔha ni doli shɛm n-kur’ valiga? Can you get to know how the hunter goes about killing an antelope?
• A ni kuli yɛli shɛm a ni lahi baŋ li. What you have just said you will also get to understand.
• Daliri din chɛ ka bɛ ti booni tua ŋɔ 'naa dataa tua' ... ni nyɛ shɛm mbɔŋɔ. This is the reason why they call this baobab 'the adulterer's baobab' ...

the manner in which

• Chɛliya ka ti nam ninsala ŋ-ŋmahindi timaŋa, ka o be kaman ti ni be shɛm ŋɔ Let us make a human being to resemble ourself, and he will be like how we are.
• Bɛ maani Ŋmantambo la siɣim buyi bee buta zuɣu yuuni puuni kaman’ di ni simdi shɛm. They sacrifice to Ngmantambo two or three times a year as it is appropriate.
• Din be a shɛm, di bela sokam lala. As it is with you so it is with your neighbor (everyone).

some, several

• A ni niŋ shɛm ŋo, a galimiya. How you have done, you have offended.
• Di ni nye shɛm, a ni chaŋ. As it is, you must go.
• A ni nya ma shɛm a ni chɛ ma lala. As you have seen me so you will leave me.
• Di ni nye shɛm mbɔŋɔ... The manner in which it happened, is this ...