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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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Wolof Phrases: “am”

Tuesday, May 29, 2012 Janga Wolof

am – to be, exist, to have; a/an; imperative; or   Ndëmm amul. – He said that witchcraft does not exist. Am na ñetti doom.

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Pulaar Phrases: Essentials

Monday, May 28, 2012 Janga Wolof

Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. Hello. – No ngoolu daa. Goodbye. – Ñalleen e jamm. Please. – Njaafodaa. Thank you. – A jaaraamah. You’re welcome.

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Wolof Vocabulary: Meat

Sunday, May 27, 2012 Janga Wolof

Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. beef – yarpe-nack chicken – yarpe-ganarre goat – yarpe-baiy hamburger – hamburger lamb – yarpe-harre meat – yarpa pork –

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Wolof Grammar: Conjunctions

Saturday, May 26, 2012 Janga Wolof

Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. The coordinating conjunctions in English are: and, but, or, yet, for, nor & so. In this post we will be

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Wolof Religion: Islamic Terms

Friday, May 25, 2012 Janga Wolof

  Asalaam alaikum. May peace be with you. (greeting) Malaikum salaam. And with you be peace. (reply to above) Allahu akbar. God is greater. (than

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World Bank IDA – Senegal: Nutrition and Education

Thursday, May 24, 2012 Janga Wolof

• 84 percent gross primary school enrollment rate in 2008, up from 67 percent in 2002 • 24 percent of children under age five reached

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Pulaar Vocabulary: Anatomy

Monday, May 21, 2012 Janga Wolof

Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. abdomen – réédu (ndu); abdominal – ko faati e  réédu ~ pain reedu muusooru. back – keeci (ki); ɓaawo (ngo); caggal (ngal).

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Wolof Vocabulary: Pronouns

Sunday, May 20, 2012 Janga Wolof

Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. I – maan me – ma my – suma mine – suma you – yow your – seen yours –

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Wolof Grammar: Describing People and Things

Saturday, May 19, 2012 Janga Wolof

  Mouse over individual Wolof words for definitions.   Naka la mel? – What is he/she/it like? This question can refer to both physical and

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Wolof – Religion and Expressive Culture

Friday, May 18, 2012 Janga Wolof

A short document on the Wolof culture. I think this might apply more to rural regions as this is not exactly my experience in Senegal,

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Thursday, May 17, 2012 Janga Wolof

Nice little blog about translating children’s books from English to Wolof. Very fun.

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Film en langue Wolof (English subtitles) avec Kadi Jolie

Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Janga Wolof

CONSEILS D’UNE TANTE A film in the Wolof language. With good humor, an aunt gives her teenage niece heart advice on men and their predatory

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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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Wolof Grammar: Suffixes

Sunday, May 13, 2012 Janga Wolof

-a : indicates distance from the speaker (usually on def. art.); fas wi – this horse here; fas wa – that horse there -aale :

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Wolof Phrases: Language Difficulties

Tuesday, May 8, 2012 Janga Wolof

Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. Do you speak English?  Ndax dégg nga angale? Do you understand? Dégg nga?    I understand.    Dégg naa.    I don’t understand.

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Pulaar: Vocabulary

Monday, May 7, 2012 Janga Wolof

aplenty adj. keewdum; ko heewi. bind v. jokkondirde; habbude. casque n. kaske. dilate v. yuufde; yaajde. environment n. sara; saraaji. anande v. be jealous of. bonnitde v.

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Wolof Grammar: Definite Article

Sunday, May 6, 2012 Janga Wolof

Visit our new Wolof translator: JangaWolofTranslator.com. An article (abbreviated art.) is a word that combines with a noun to indicate the type of reference being made

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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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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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Some Pulaar Words

Sunday, June 15, 2008 Janga Wolof

aa – well baylo – jeweler ciyam – leak eda – buffalo fasde – boil ferde – exile jaggude – seize jakre – hollow kohaljinta

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If you live in the Portland, Or. area…

Friday, February 15, 2008 Janga Wolof

Please visit my friend’s store: Your African Community Market, Inc. 5516 16th Ave. (off Killingsworth), Portland, Or. 97211 Everyday, 11am to 7pm Mr. Karifa Koroma,

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A Very Small Taste of St. Louis, Senegal

Tuesday, February 12, 2008 Janga Wolof

St. Louis (san louie) Senegal

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La League DJ Décalé Wolof

Sunday, December 16, 2007 Janga Wolof

La League DJ Décalé Wolof I do not know where this video is from but Décalé is very popular in the Ivory Coast which I

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