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Would you like a fork with your fries?

Posted in Culture, Food, Senegalese, tagged , , , , on Wednesday, July 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Another cultural tidbit I noticed in Senegal was that although they ate traditional dishes such as rice or couscous with meat, vegetables and sauce with their hands, something in the West we would generally use utensils to eat, they ate things such as french fries and pizza with a fork when we would just use [...]

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Grocery List

Posted in Food, French, Vocabulary, tagged , , , , on Thursday, May 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I used French for the Wolof when I was not able to find a Wolof word. Please leave a comment if you know the appropriate Wolof word for the ones I missed…jërejëf!

ENGLISH
WOLOF
FRENCH

bread
mbuuru
pain

cheese
fromage
fromage

red onion
soble xonxa
oignon rouge

cooking spray
la cuisine de pulvérisation
la cuisine de pulvérisation

tomato
tamaate
tomate

bananas
le secteur de la banane
le secteur de la banane

orange juice
jus d’orange
jus d’orange

potatoes
pompitéer
pommes de terre

ketchup
sauce [...]

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Travel Vocabulary III

Posted in French, Gambian, Holidays, Music, Senegalese, Vocabulary, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on Saturday, January 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »

See Travel Vocabulary II
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Here are a few things that you may come across if traveling to Senegal or the Gambia.
auberge – hostel or small hotel
balafon – wooden xylophone typically played by griots
calèche – horse-drawn cart used to carry goods and people, particularly in the rural regions of Senegal
dibiterie – grilled-meat stall
fête – festival (Senegal)
gargotte – [...]

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Travel Vocabulary II

Posted in Arabic, French, Gambian, Religion, Senegalese, Vocabulary, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on Friday, January 4, 2008 | 4 Comments »

See Travel Vocabulary I
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Here are a few things that you may come across if traveling to Senegal or the Gambia.
alham – white Mercedes bus, also called N’Diaga N’Diaye in Dakar
beignet – simple deep-fried donut (Senegal)
calesh – horse-drawn taxi usually seating about three people behind the driver
demi-pension – half board (dinner, bed and breakfast) (Senegal)
essence – [...]

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Travel Vocabulary

Posted in Vocabulary, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on Friday, November 23, 2007 | 5 Comments »

Here are a few things that you may come across if traveling to Senegal or the Gambia.
afra – grilled meat, or grilled meat stall (Gambia)
benechin – rice baked in a thick sauce of fish and vegetables (Gambia)
cadeau – gift, tip, bribe or a hand-out (Senegal)
dash – bribe (noun); also used as a verb ‘You [...]

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