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200 phrases – Wolof – English

Thursday, January 7, 2021 Janga Wolof
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White Guy Shocks African Market by Speaking Their Language

Thursday, January 7, 2021 Janga Wolof
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TEACHING MY LITTLE BROTHER HOW TO SPEAK WOLOF 🇬🇲| I tried so hard not to laugh 😂 | LoveSohna

Thursday, January 7, 2021 Janga Wolof
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Learn Wolof Lesson 1

Thursday, January 7, 2021 Janga Wolof
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WOLOF! A Language of West Africa (UPDATED)

Thursday, January 7, 2021 Janga Wolof
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Wolof Resources & Links

Sunday, January 11, 2015 Janga Wolof

Digital Flashcards Wolof Suffixes & Prefixes Wolof Colors Wolof Fauna (Animals & Insects) Wolof Days of the Week Wolofized Arabic Wolof Affixes Bundle (flashcard set

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Wolof Lexicon & Phrase Dictionary

Tuesday, January 6, 2015 Janga Wolof

Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. Lexicon: English to Wolof ♦ Wolof to English Phrase Dictionary: Wolof to English ♦ English to Wolof Lexicon English to Wolof action

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Wolof Numbers, Time & Dates

Monday, January 5, 2015 Janga Wolof

Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. Days of the Week ♦ Months of the Year ♦ Hours of the Day ♦ Calendar Dates Temporal Constructs ♦ Example Phrases ♦ Units of

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Wolof Pronunciation Guide

Monday, January 5, 2015 Janga Wolof

Vowels ♦ Consonants ♦ Prenasalized Consonants Vowels Grapheme English Equivalent Wolof Examples a absorb banta, tapa, santa aa far laaj, naaj, caabi e get dem, lem, gerte ee where seet, leel é say bés éé sane

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Essential French & Wolof Phrases

Monday, January 5, 2015 Janga Wolof

Hello. Bonjour. Salaam aleekum. Goodbye. Au revoir. Mangi dem. Please. S’il vous plaît. Bu la neexee. Thank you. Merci. Jërejëf. You’re welcome. Je vous en

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About Wolof & The Senegambia

Sunday, January 4, 2015 Janga Wolof

Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. Wolof ♦ Wolof Language ♦ Wolof People ♦ Senegal ♦ The Gambia Wolof From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (All links open to Wikipedia)  Wolof or Wollof may

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Basic Wolof Phrases

Monday, June 18, 2012 Janga Wolof

Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. See original list here: Some Essential Wolof Phrases For help with pronunciation see: Pronunciation Guide ↓ scroll down for more

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Pulaar: Numbers

Monday, May 14, 2012 Janga Wolof

one – go-o two – didi three – tati four – nayi five – joyi six – jeego seven – jeedidi eight – jeetati nine

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Deweneti (Senegal 2006) Wolof With English Subtitles

Wednesday, May 9, 2012 Janga Wolof

Dakar, Senegal. Ousmane, not yet 7 years old but already earning his living by begging in the center of the capital city, gets it into

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Checking in…

Wednesday, May 2, 2012 Janga Wolof

I have some things in the works. Updates coming soon. Hold tight!

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Google Ci Wolof – Facebook & Google Groups

Friday, October 21, 2011 Janga Wolof

Facebook: Google ci Wolof Google: Google ci Wolof

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‘Lonely Planet Phrasebooks Africa’ Book Review

Wednesday, August 17, 2011 Janga Wolof

This book should be available at your local bookstore. Travel and outdoor stores also often carry Lonely Planet titles. If you prefer to do all

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Online Collaborative Dictionary

Friday, August 12, 2011 Janga Wolof

Firicat.com is different from other Wolof dictionaries because it’s not built by ‘experts’; instead it’s created by everyday users of the Wolof language (yes, including

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#WolofWednesday

Wednesday, August 10, 2011 Janga Wolof

Today is “Wolof Wednesday” on Twitter! The idea is for all of your tweets to be in Wolof to help promote the language and to

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Languages of Senegal: Pulaar

Thursday, August 4, 2011 Janga Wolof

Pulaar is a dialect of Fula, a major African language both in its geographical distribution and number of speakers. Fula is spoken in Western, Eastern

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‘Say It In Wolof!’ Phrasebook Review

Wednesday, August 3, 2011 Janga Wolof

‘Say It In Wolof!‘ by Ababacar Gueye. Translated by Sue Hall. BSDA No. 8531150404 3rd Edition (English) – Also available in French. ©2005 As far

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Follow JW On Twitter!

Sunday, May 17, 2009 Janga Wolof

I just made a Twitter profile for Janga Wolof. The idea is to tweet (that’s the term right?) Wolof words & phrases…I would like to

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Good Article on Travelling in Senegal

Sunday, May 17, 2009 Janga Wolof

http://senegal-travel.suite101.com/article.cfm/travel_safety_in_dakar_senegal

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Another Video from a Blog Reader

Saturday, May 16, 2009 Janga Wolof
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Fallou Dieng at Fete de Marquette

Saturday, May 16, 2009 Janga Wolof

I finally got around to posting Katie Krueger’s Fallou Dieng video! Ndank ndank 🙂 Read her blog about the concert here: http://katiekrueger.com/blog/2008/07/15/video-embedding-success/  While I was

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Wolof Number Conversion

Thursday, September 4, 2008 Janga Wolof

How to convert English numbers to Wolof: (This only works for numbers 21 & higher and not for numbers evenly divided by 10.) Take the

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Please note…

Tuesday, August 19, 2008 Janga Wolof

The Janga Wolof book through Lulu (the top link to the right) is currently unavailable. However if you click the cafepress link (the shirt under

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Do me a favor…

Thursday, August 7, 2008 Janga Wolof

If you happen to be in Senegal and you happen to catch a young lady with a “beauty” product known as lightening or whitening cream

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Some Pulaar Words 3

Sunday, June 29, 2008 Janga Wolof

aaludere – kernel aawasaagal – roguishness bol – fish cuurki – reek durde – graze duurde – wrestle falanteere – window fawde – put irde

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J’apprends le Wolof #3

Thursday, June 26, 2008 Janga Wolof

Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. Translated from J’apprends le Wolof by Jean-Leopold Diouf et Marina Yaguello. This is the introduction to the book. Introduction 1.

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Some Pulaar Words 2

Sunday, June 22, 2008 Janga Wolof

aade – person aan – you asde – dig baamuule – graveyard dursitaade – recite foonde – bush fuunti – wile gando – philosopher haaldude

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Download The Janga Wolof E-Book

Sunday, June 22, 2008 Janga Wolof

The Janga Wolof Book is now available for download for only $1.25. http://www.lulu.com/content/2729500

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Janga Wolof Book Now Available

Friday, June 20, 2008 Janga Wolof

I have put together some of the more informative posts from this blog and organized them into a book which you can take with you

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J’apprends le Wolof #2

Thursday, June 19, 2008 Janga Wolof

This post is the second in my weekly series of translating the book “J’apprends le Wolof” by Jean-Léopold Diouf & Marina Yaguello (published by Karthala)

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Janga Wolof Merch Now Available

Monday, June 16, 2008 Janga Wolof

Please visit our new online shop at http://www.cafepress.com/JangaWolof & help support this blog. We have kept the prices as low as possible (right now we

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english n. wolof / french – A

Monday, June 9, 2008 Janga Wolof

Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. english n. wolof / french A abandon v. baayi, wocca / abandonner abdomen n. naxa / abdomen ability n. mën,

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Wolof Traditional Music of the Gambia

Sunday, June 8, 2008 Janga Wolof

Traditional wolof singing and drumming by Group Rakaju of the Gambia. A onegambia.com production.

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Visit the New SenegalOnline!

Saturday, May 31, 2008 Janga Wolof

Translated from the site: The site senePortal.com facelift: new design, new structure dynamic new content. We hope that this fine tool will enable members and

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A Little About the Wolof Language

Friday, May 30, 2008 Janga Wolof

Wolof is a language spoken in Senegal, Gambia, Mauritania and to a lesser degree in other west African countries, and it is the native language

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French Vocabulary – L & M

Monday, May 26, 2008 Janga Wolof

Vocabulaire Français – L & M law juridique linguistics linguistique literary littéraire masculine masculin mathematics mathématiques medicine médecine music musique

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Wolof on del.icio.us

Sunday, April 27, 2008 Janga Wolof

Check out and add your own Wolof links at del.icio.us.

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Hausa

Saturday, April 19, 2008 Janga Wolof

Hausa is the Chadic language with the largest number of speakers, spoken as a first language by about 24 million people, and as a second

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Great post on language in Senegal

Wednesday, February 27, 2008 Janga Wolof

http://petefreemaninsenegal.blogspot.com/2007/04/language.html

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Janga Wolof Archive Site

Tuesday, February 26, 2008 Janga Wolof

Please visit the Janga Wolof Archives at http://JangaWolof.blogspot.com.

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New Features

Sunday, February 24, 2008 Janga Wolof

All of these can be found in the side bar… Tag Cloud; this is comprised of all the tags that have been used on this

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Wolof Language Courses

Thursday, February 14, 2008 Janga Wolof

I have a list of links on the right hand side of this blog of places that teach Wolof. Check it out, perhaps there is

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Please Visit These Sites

Wednesday, February 13, 2008 Janga Wolof

Thank you! AmayelsNotes.com BarelyIncoherent.com BennLoxo.com HipHopWayOfLife.com JammRekk503.com KatieKrueger.com NdajeMbooloo.com Off2Senegal.com Sociolingo.com

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Sorry about the lack of posting lately…

Saturday, February 9, 2008 Janga Wolof

…But I’ve been busy doing other things but I’m back!

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I Have a Dream …

Monday, January 21, 2008 Janga Wolof
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Ndaje Mbooloo

Thursday, January 17, 2008 Janga Wolof

http://myspace.com/ndajembooloo

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Suggested Reference Materials

Saturday, January 5, 2008 Janga Wolof

Lonely Planet Phrasebooks: Africa Along with 12 other languages used in Africa, including French & Arabic, this little phrasebook has a great little Wolof section.

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JUNNI! JUNNI! JUNNI!

Wednesday, January 2, 2008 Janga Wolof

We have surpassed the 1000 mark for hits from unique visitors (in other words, 1000+ different people – or at least from different computers –

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DATA UNAVAILABLE …

Friday, December 28, 2007 Janga Wolof

If you are wondering why the weather and solar/lunar conditions for Banjul is not appearing (located on the side bar on the right-hand side) it

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Joyeux Noël

Tuesday, December 25, 2007 Janga Wolof

Merry Christmas to all of our readers!

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Notes on Orthography

Friday, December 21, 2007 Janga Wolof

What’s orthography? It is basically a spelling system. Answers.com defines it as: The art or study of correct spelling according to established usage. The aspect

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Help Support Janga Wolof

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 Janga Wolof

I have added a donation link in the bottom of the sidebar at the right-hand side of this page. If you feel that this website

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Pronunciation Tips

Monday, December 10, 2007 Janga Wolof

Note that these are just general tips and that these rules may not always apply as writers of Wolof sometimes use different spelling systems. CONSONANTS:

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How are we doing?

Sunday, December 9, 2007 Janga Wolof

I’ve had this blog up for a little while now and the stats show that it’s been getting a number of visitors. The goal of

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Please check out this blog…

Saturday, December 8, 2007 Janga Wolof

http://Off2Senegal.wordpress.com/

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Do you fear a cat?

Wednesday, November 28, 2007 Janga Wolof

This is a great online dictionary for translating Wolof words into English and vice versa. http://www.FIRICAT.com

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…and now for some Pulaar.

Saturday, November 24, 2007 Janga Wolof

We have covered some French & Arabic (tuuti rekk) which are of course common in much of the parts that Wolof is spoken but another

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Wolof Numbers & Counting

Friday, November 23, 2007 Janga Wolof

Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. Wolof numbers are basically counted in groups of five. The numbers one through five (and ten) are the main numbers

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Subscribe to the Janga Wolof RSS Feed

Friday, November 23, 2007 Janga Wolof

Add the feed and always be updated on the latest from Janga Wolof. What is RSS? Follow this link to find out: http://www.whatisrss.com Follow this

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Wednesday, November 21, 2007 Janga Wolof

How would they say “Thanksgiving” in Senegal if they were to celebrate it? Perhaps, Indil Jërejëf? or Jërejëf Jorhh? Any ideas?

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Please, Thank You, You’re Welcome!

Tuesday, November 20, 2007 Janga Wolof

Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. Please – Su la neexee (soo luh ney-khey) and now en français; S’il vous plaît (seel voo pley) Thank you

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Grrrreetings!

Tuesday, November 20, 2007 Janga Wolof

Proper greetings in the Wolof culture are very important. Often times one will spend several minutes with greetings and pleasantries before getting down to the

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Let’s start with pronunciation…

Monday, November 19, 2007 Janga Wolof

Since Wolof was not formally a written language there is no universal system for the spelling of Wolof words which often makes it difficult for

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Just what the heck is Wolof anyway?

Monday, November 19, 2007 Janga Wolof

Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Wolof is a language spoken in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania, and it is the native

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Hello world!

Monday, November 19, 2007 Janga Wolof

Welcome to JangaWolof.WordPress.com. This is a resource for all things Wolof. Most entries will be mini Wolof lessons but we will also include links to

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