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
ba beneen
bah ben-nen
upon leaving an individual
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Posted in Numbers, tagged conversion, math, Numbers, wolof on Thursday, September 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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’ after it.
Multiply the number that [...]
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