Starsky: Kii naka la tudd?
Hutch: Kii Vera Green la tudd.
Hutch: Kii vera la tudd.
Starski: Kii naka la sant?
Hutch: Kii Green la sant. / Vera Green la sant.
Kii naka la tudd?
What’s his/her name?
(literally: This person here, how is he/she called?)
naka — the equivalent of “what” in this case
tudd — verb: to be called
This question is answered either by giving the person’s first name, or the person’s first and last names:
Kii Vera la tudd.
Her name is Vera.
(This person here Vera is called.)
Kii Vera Green la tudd.
Her name is Vera Green.
Kii naka la sant?
What’s his/her family name?
sant — verb: to be called (family name)
This question is answered by giving the person’s family name only:
Kii Green la sant.
Her family name is Green.
(lit.: This person here, Green is called.)
Do not use kii if you already know first name.
Ex. (Vera) naka la sant?
I love the characters for the dialogue! Hilarious.
Hey – I just saw Fallou Dieng live in Madison, WI. I posted a video on my blog if you are interested. Feel free to snatch it from my Flickr page if you’d like to post it on Jangawolof!
Ba baneen yoon.
It’s been almost a year but I finally posted it!
Waaw, Vera Green vient de la corps de la paix. haha.
American la.
haha yes, I think I got this from one of my sister’s study books. She was never in the Peace Corps but I think she studied at the Baobab Center.
haha oui, je pense que j’ai eu ce d’une de mes soeurs l’étude des livres. Elle n’a jamais été dans le Corps de la Paix, mais je pense qu’elle a étudié à l’Baobab Center
we are leaning about Africa in school, and a couple people who spoke Wolof came to our school it was so cool and i loved what they taught me. i loved the music & the stories were amazing!
we are leaning about Africa in school, and a couple people who lived in Senegal and spoke Wolof came to our school it was so cool and i loved what they taught me. i loved the music & the stories were amazing!
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yeah, that’s definitely from the ACI baobab books.. not really cool to take from their text books without giving credit. at least change the names. I wonder if the next characters introduced for tomorrow lesson would be “Mel ak Tapha”