French Vocabulary – L & M

Vocabulaire Français – L & M

law
juridique

linguistics
linguistique

literary
littéraire

masculine
masculin

mathematics
mathématiques

medicine
médecine

music
musique

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French Vocabulary – G, H & I

Vocabulaire Français – G, H & I

geography
géographie

geology
géologie

geometry
géometrie

grammar
grammaire

historical
historique

interjection
interjection

invariable
invariable

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French Vocabulary – E & F

Vocabulaire Français – E & F

economics
économie

education
éducation

electricity
électricité

english
anglais

especially
surtout

euphemism
euphémisme

familiar
familier

feminine
féminin

figurative
figuré

finance
finance

formal
formel

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French Vocabulary – B & C

Vocabulaire Français – B & C

biology
biologie

botany
botanique

british
britannique

chemistry
chimie

commerce
commerce

computers
informatique

conjunction
conjonction

cooking
cuisine

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French Vocabulary – A

Vocabulaire Français – A

abbreviations
abréviations

adjective
adjectif

adverb
adverbe

agriculture
agriculture

anatomy
anatomie

and
et

architecture
architecture

astrology
astrologie

astronomy
astronomie

attributive
devant le nom

auxiliary
auxiliare

aviation
aviation

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A Words

Gambian Wolof…
aifaare – pagan
aik – climb
aikerty – lift/elevate
ailake – tomorrow
aina – mold
ainay – wish
alcarly – village leader
alfun – million
alheames – thursday
almet – match
almorre – cupboard
altineh – monday
am – have
amna – there is/is there
anndah – incense burner
antal – able
arba – lend
arbalanteh – share
arca – confront
arch – hang

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10 More Random Wolof Words

Courtesy of Firicat.com.

jula, , trader, peddler of foods, to trade
teret, n , trading season
daaj, , to nail (see pontu)
digal, , to advise, caution, instruct
jaaj, , large mound of cous in field
garaw, , danger
faas, [...]

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10 Random Wolof Words

Courtesy of Firicat.com.

lef, n , thing
naju, adj. , be compressed
téng, , tight
baatale, verb , to leave a message with someone for somebody
set, , clean
goox, v , to hold liquid ones mouth
delēne, , cluster of stars
folé, , elastic
loolu, dem adj. , that thing (over [...]

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Travel Vocabulary III

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

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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New Opposites List

 
New List Thanks To Tubaab bu jigeen
See The Original List & Comments Here “Opposites Attract”
     
beginning – ending (verb): door/tammbali – jeex/mujj
cheap – expensive: yomb – jafe
easy – difficult: jomb – jafe
friend – enemy: xarit – noon
happy – unhappy: beg – tiis
inside – outside: ci biir – ci biti
enter – get out: duggu – [...]

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Opposites Attract

beginning – end dohre – jehh/rach
cheap – expensive yormba – sehre
easy – difficult yormba – nahary
friend – enemy [...]

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All In the Family

family – njabort
grandfather – marm-bu-gore
grandmother – marm-bu-gegain
father – papa
mother – yarboie
husband – jaycahre
wife – jabahre
son – dorm-bu-gore
daughter – dorm-bu-gegain
older brother – maq-bu-gore
younger brother – raca-bu-gore
older sister – maq-bu-gegain
younger sister – raca-bu-gegain

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Some Mandinka

The Mandinka language, sometimes referred to as Mandingo, is a Mandé language spoken by millions of Mandinka people in Mali, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea-Bissau; it is the main language of The Gambia. It belongs to the Manding branch of Mandé, and is thus fairly similar to [...]

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A Couple Slang Words…

Sai Sai -
“That little crafty one.” (Euphemism given to AIDS in the poor suburbs of Dakar, Senegal.) Also means bad person, “playa”, pimp, crooked business person, etc. Used for men & women. Can be like an insult or badge of pride.
Bin Bins -
A string of beads worn on an elastic string. Senegalese girls typically wear [...]

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Wolof Vocab

facatalu v. stumble
sehy v. melt
wenne n. breast
holl n. heart
targue n. obituary
fuca n. ten
marb n. braid
njail n. dawn
hoolow v. quarrel
armooth v. lack
Thanks to the Wolof Dictionary & Phrasebook by Nyima Kantorek.

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Yes. No! Maybe?

Yes – Waaw (wow)
and now en français; Oui (wee)
No – Déedéet (dey-deyt)
and en français; Non (non)
Maybe – Xejna (khedj-nuh)
en français; Peut-être (per-tay-trer)

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Travel Vocabulary

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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