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Some Pulaar Words 3

Posted in Images, Pulaar, Vocabulary, tagged , , , , , on Sunday, June 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

aaludere – kernel
aawasaagal – roguishness
bol – fish
cuurki – reek
durde – graze
duurde – wrestle
falanteere – window
fawde – put
irde – bury
jangde – education
jawdi – acquest
jokkere – joint
laana – xebec
leriinde – between
lohre – inaptitude
newre – palm
nuggaro – diffident
onon – you
ruudde – linger
suurkude – fume
teew – meat
tuumal – allegation
ubbude – inhume
wujjude – cheat
yuude – cry
Some Pulaar words 2

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J’apprends le Wolof #3

Posted in Culture, Diola, French, Gambian, Grammar, Information, Mauritanian, Orthography, Phrases, Pronunciation, Pulaar, Senegalese, Serere, Vocabulary, tagged , , , , on Thursday, June 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Translated from J’apprends le Wolof by Jean-Leopold Diouf et Marina Yaguello. This is the introduction to the book.

Introduction

1. Design Manual / Conception du manuel

This book is a method of learning wolof, a language foreign to francophones. It is intended for residents, the cooperating, businessmen and tourists. It could also be useful for teachers in national [...]

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Some Pulaar Words 2

Posted in Images, Pulaar, Vocabulary, tagged , , , , , on Sunday, June 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

aade – person
aan – you
asde – dig
baamuule – graveyard
dursitaade – recite
foonde – bush
fuunti – wile
gando – philosopher
haaldude – interview
halfude – own
jaggoowo – holder
jeetati – octa
joortaade – anticipate
kufne – hat
lamminde – acidify
neene – mother
saltude – ramify
seerde – secede
sohre – python
teere – current
tefde – calm
waylude – commute
wiide – say
Some Pulaar Words 1

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Some Pulaar Words

Posted in Images, Pulaar, Vocabulary, tagged , , , , on Sunday, June 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »

aa – well
baylo – jeweler
ciyam – leak
eda – buffalo
fasde – boil
ferde – exile
jaggude – seize
jakre – hollow
kohaljinta – inconvienient
lajal – deadline
maa – you
maayka – nonsense
natal – painting
paabi – frogs
soppande – bite
sowande – fold
teppe – feet
weytaade – relax

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If you live in the Portland, Or. area…

Posted in Information, Music, Resources, Video, tagged , , , , on Friday, February 15, 2008 | 7 Comments »

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, 503-841-2108
African films, music & video plus a whole lot more.

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A Very Small Taste of St. Louis, Senegal

Posted in Senegalese, Video, tagged , , , , on Tuesday, February 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

St. Louis (san louie) Senegal

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La League DJ Décalé Wolof

Posted in Music, Pronunciation, Video, tagged , , , , , on Sunday, December 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

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 have recently learned has a sizable Wolof population. At about position 1:20 in the video they do a call and response where the Wolof is very clear [...]

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