effort

• Ti ya mali buni; niŋmi ania m-bo a dini. Our home has valuable things; be industrious and search for your own (riches).
• A yibala duhiri ŋarɔŋ, lɔn ania m-bɔhim ko’duɣili. If your enemy is paddling the canoe, try hard to learn how to swim.
• Dinzuɣu bindiriduɣiriba, bɛn duɣiri kɔhira, niŋmiya aniya zaŋ kpa binlinsi zaŋ pili bindir’ duɣira polo. So cooks who cook food to sell should make an effort to make a coverings over their cooking-place.

purpose, determination, intention

• Gbaŋ ŋɔ nia nyɛla di sɔŋ ban bi nyuri shigaari The purpose of this booklet is to help cigarette-smokers.
• Ka Sitobu daa shiri kpe nti yɛli o biɛli Subee o ni mali nia shɛli. Sitobu did indeed go in and tell his elder brother Subee what he planned.
• M mi ... yi daania niŋbu ... yɛla. I know about ... your perseverance ... .
• Naawuni ni daa nam daadam O nia daa nyɛla daadam ni deegi o noli When God created humanity, His intention was that people should obey him.
• Yawɛ chɛri ka zuliya balibu kam nianim’ kpalindi yoli 'The Lord frustrates the counsel of the nations'.
• Bɛ nia ni lan gbaai ni bɛ nyɛvuli chaŋ tooni bee bɛ daalaafee. They (HIV/AIDS sufferers) still want their lives to go forward in a healthy way.
• M mabia, zamba bi gbibi nia shɛli m-pahila o nimbihi diɛde. My brother/sister, there is no sign to show a person’s bad intentions unless one looks directly into the eyes of the person.