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Here you can find the translation of the 50 most important words and expressions into Wolof.
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Greetings

 
Salaamaalekum!Hello!
Salaamaalekum!Good morning! (sg/pl)
Salaamaalekum!Hello! (sg/pl)
Salaamalekum!Good evening! (sg/pl)
Fanaanal ak jàmm!Good night! (sg/pl)
Ba beneen yoon!Bye! (infml)
Jàmm ak jàmm!Good bye! (fml.)
 

Important vocabulary

 
waawyes
déedéetno
xéj namaybe
baxnaOK
Jërëjëf!Thank you!
Amul solo!Please ...
Baal ma ...Excuse me, … (sg/pl)
Maa ngi jegg ëlu.I'm sorry. (m/f)
Amnaa ...
Amouma ...
I have … / I don't have ...
Amnañu ...
Amuñu ...
We have … / We don't have ...
Amna ...
Amul ...
There is (no) ...
 

Introducing yourself

 
Maa ngi tudd ...My name is ...
Maa ngi joge ...I'm from ...
Maa ngi am ... at.I'm ... years old.
Seynaa.
Seyuma.
I am married. / I am not married.
Damay (Duma) tukki man kenn.I'm (not) traveling alone.
Damay tukki ak ...I'm traveling with ...
 

Comprehension

 
Degguma Wolof.I don't speak any Wolof.
Nandu mako.I don't understand that. (m/f)
Ndax degg nga ... ?Do you speak …? (m/f)
Ndax amna kou degg fii ... ?Does anyone here speak ...?
AnglaisEnglish
NasaraanFrench
Bindal.Could you write that down please. (m/f)
Jaraat ci.Could you please repeat that. (m/f)
Xaaral.Just a moment please.
 

Numbers

 
tuszero
bennone
ñaartwo
ñettthree
ñeentfour
juróomfive
juróom bennsix
juróom ñaarseven
juróom ñetteight
juróom ñeentnine
fukkten
fukk ak benneleven
fukk ak ñaartwelve
fukk ak ñettthirteen
fukk ak ñeentfourteen
fukk ak juróomfifteen
fukk ak juróom-bennsixteen
fukk ak juróom- ñaarseventeen
fukk ak juróom- ñeeteighteen
fukk ak juróom- ñeentnineteen
ñaar-fukktwenty
ñaar-fukk ak benntwenty-one
ñett-fukk
fanweer
thirty
ñeent-fukkforty
juróom-fukkfifty
juróom-benn-fukksixty
juróom- ñaar-fukkseventy
juróom- ñett-fukkeighty
juróom- ñeent-fukkninety
téeméerone hundred
junnione thousand
tamndareet
million
one million
aysome / a couple
 

 

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