sorrow

• Di chɛ ka ti doli solɔri kuhiri nandahima kumsi. Don't let us follow the highways weeping and crying in sorrow.
• nandahima daa gbaai Izraɛlnima bɛ mabihi Bɛnjamin zuliya niriba maa zuɣu 'The people of Israel felt sorry for their brothers the Benjaminites'.
• di chaŋ wula ka nandahima mali ma pam? Why am I very discouraged?

suffering

• Wahala mini nandahima m-mali ma I am afflicted by trouble and suffering.
• Ninsala nandahima diri bua. It is a person who in difficulties who sells a goat.