Bamana 201

My Bamana is progressing very quickly (ha!) and I'm finding the language more and more interesting.  It's not like a typical European language, let alone a romance language, so learning the grammar is a bit tricky.  There are a few different words for the verb "to be."  For example, if you're saying I'm an American, you have to use the "ye...ye" form, which is sort of a reflexive, and the version you use if you're saying "I'm a..."  So for I'm an American, I would say
Ne ye Amerikani ye
Ne being the first person pronoun.  To make it negative, change the first "ye" to a "te" and there you go
Ne te Malian ye
If I wanted to say I'm tall, I would use the "ka" form (with "man" as the negative).
Ne ka jan.  Ne man surun.
I'm tall.  I am not short. 
Finally, to say I'm (verb) you do use the "to be" verb, sort of like in English, but you use the "be" form (a little confusing, eh?).  For instance, when riding the Sotrama (van like bus service around Mali), you might say
Ne be jigi yan.
Which means I am getting off here.  Jigi is the verb to exit, and yan is here.  Of course, you could just say "Agosi!" which means hit it! And the attendant will slap the van, signaling to the driver that you want to get off.
Work on that and try to incorporate new verbs/sayings!

For now, practice your numbers!
1 - kelen
2 - fila
3 - saba
4 - nani
5 - duru
6 - woro
7 - wolonfila
8 - segin
9 - kononto
10 - tan