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Continue reading →: Vendredi Française (French Friday); Essential Phrases
Hello. Bonjour/Salut. pol/inf bon-zhoor/sa-lew Goodbye. Au revoir. o-rer-vwar (literally “To see again.”) Please. S’il vous plaît. seel voo play (literally “If you please.”) Thank you. Merci. mair-see You’re welcome. Je vous en prie. zher voo zom pree Yes. Oui. …
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Continue reading →: Languages of Senegal: Pulaar
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 and Central Africa by over 25 million speakers. In addition to Africa, major concentrations of Fula speakers can be found in Europe and America. At…
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Continue reading →: ‘Say It In Wolof!’ Phrasebook Review
‘Say It In Wolof!‘ by Ababacar Gueye. Translated by Sue Hall. BSDA No. 8531150404 3rd Edition (English) – Also available in French. ©2005 As far as I know it is not available online or anywhere outside of Senegal. It might be possible to special order it from the contact info…
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Continue reading →: Follow JW On Twitter!
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 do that daily but I can’t promise that! Tweet updates about this Janga Wolof blog and who knows what else? If you would like to…
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Continue reading →: Good Article on Travelling in Senegal
http://senegal-travel.suite101.com/article.cfm/travel_safety_in_dakar_senegal
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Continue reading →: Fallou Dieng at Fete de Marquette
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 perusing her great blog I thought I would jack a few videos from her while I was at it 🙂 And be sure to buy…
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Continue reading →: Quick Reference
GREETINGS: GREETING RESPONSE WHEN USED salaam alaikum suh-lahm uh-lay-koom malaikum salaam muh-lay-koom suh-lahm greeting a group of people or entering one’s house nanga def nahn-guh def maangi fi mahn-gee fee greeting an individual ça va suh vah ça va suh vah greeting an individual in passing ba beneen bah ben-nen…
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Continue reading →: Wolof Number Conversion
How to convert English numbers to Wolof: (This only works for numbers 21 & higher and not for numbers evenly divided by 10.) Take the number you want to convert to Wolof & divide by 10. Take the whole number before the decimal, convert to Wolof & put ‘fukk ak’…
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Continue reading →: All About Senegalese Money
In Senegal they use the franc CFA. But the traditional unit of currency is the dërëm which is counted by fives. Usually when dealing with money most people will deal strictly with the French terms for simplicity. If Wolof is used the dërëm is implied if not specifically said.…
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