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Wolof 1
Question | Answer |
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Na nga def | How are you |
Maa ngi fi rekk | I am fine |
Ana wa ker ga? | How is your family? |
Nu nga fa | They are fine |
Ba benen | Goodbye |
Chamon | Left |
Ndeyjoor | Right |
Dafa seer | It's expensive! |
Kii kan la? | Who is this? (If you see them) |
Koo kan la? | Who is this? (If you hear them) |
Kii ____ la | It is ____ (person) |
Kii naka la tudd? | What is the person's first name? |
Kii naka la sant? | What is the person's last name? |
Kii lan la? | What does this person do? Where are they from? What are they? |
Kii waa ______ la | They are from _______ |
Waikat | Singer |
Jangkat | Student |
Jangalekat | Teacher |
Naka nga tudd | What's your name? |
Man ______ la tudd | My name is _________ |
Yow la nga? | Where are you from? What are you? |
Man _______ la | I am _____ (profession, gender) |
Goor | Boy |
Jigen | Girl |
Lii lan la? | What is this? |
Lii ______ la | This is a ______ |
Oto | Car |
Ker | House |
Garab | Tree |
Muus | Cat |
Fas | Horse |
Sama | My, mine |
Man | Independent Subject Pronoun for (I) |
Yow | Independent Subject Pronoun for (you) |
Moom | Independent Subject Pronoun for (he/she) |
Nun | Independent Subject Pronoun for (we) |
Yeen | Independent Subject Pronoun for (you plural) |
Noom | Independent Subject Pronoun for (they) |
Laa, nga, la, lanu, ngeen, lanu | Pairings with ISP when describing something. For I, you, he, we, you, they |
Maa ngi dem | I am going |
Yaa ngi lekk | You are eating |
Mu ngi jang Wolof | He is learning Wolof |
Nu ngi dem | We are going |
Yeena ngi lekk | You (plural) are eating |
Nu ngi fi | They are here |
Dem naa sama kerr | I went to my house |
Talk | Wax |
Bind | Write |
Jang | Learn |
Dem nga sama kerr | You went to my house |
Dem na ecole | He went to school |
Demb | yesterday |
Xarit | Friend |
Jamm Ngamm | Is Peace with you (respectful way of saying it) |
Jamm rekk | Yes, peace is with me |