Wolof 3

salt

xorom

eat your dinner, my precious baby

lekkal reer, sama xale bu neex

I finished dinner

pare naa reer

it’s true

dëgg la

I know many things

xam naa lu bari

that’s how it is

noonu mu deme

I wanted it, but now I don’t want it

bëggoon naa ko, waaye léegi bëgguma ko

I was not working

doonuma liggéey

I was cooking

Maa ngi doon togg

bëkkégoon

the day before yesterday

the day before yesterday, I cooked chicken. Yesterday and today I also cooked chicken

bëkkéegoon, dama togg gànnaar. Démb ak tey itam, dama togg gànnaar

again

aat

sait it again!

waxaatal ko!

mën nga waxaat ko?

can you say it again?

when I was a child…

bi ma nekkee xale

when he…

bi mu…

when?

ñan?

when…

bi…

when he arrived, he immediately sat down

bi mu ñewee, daal di toog

5 CFA coin

dërëm

500 CFA/100 dërëm

ñaar-fukk-i dërëm

5.000 CFA/1.000 dërëm

junni

change/coins

weccit

onions

soble

eggplant

bataan

hot pepper/chili

kani

cooking oil

diw/diwlin

use

jëfandikoo

remember

fàttaliku

I remember you

fàttaliku naa la

fàtte

forget

I forgot it

fàtte naa ko

soup

soupou

so/therefore

kon

I have paid

fey naa

you are in my thoughts

maa ngi la ci sama xalaat

I want you to know it

bëgg naa nga xam ko

it warms my heart

neex naa ci xol

I’m happy to know that it warms your heart when you know that I’m thinking about you

bég naa ci xam ne neex na la ci sa xol bi nga xam ne maa ngi lay xalaat

It is too expensive, lower it a little!

dafa seer lool, waññi ko tuuti!

what are you looking for today?

lu ngay wut tey?

bad manners

ñak teggin

man is the medicine of man

nit, nit ay garabam

slowly, slowly catches the monkey in the bush

ndank-ndank mooy jàpp golo ci ñaay

the eye carries no load, but knows what the head can bear

bët du yenu, waaye xam na lu bopp mën

whoever lends your legs, you walk where it pleases them

ku la abal tànk, nga dem fa ko neex

however vast the physical body is, the heart is greater

lu jëmm yaatu yaatu, xol a ko ëpp

pray to god, but cultivate your field

yàlla, yàlla, bay sa tool

bring

indil

care for/protect

sàmm

don’t let your heart grow weary

bu sa xol tàyyi

my head hurts

sama bopp dafa metti

my stomach hurts

sama biir dafa metti

wound

góom

throat

kòll

neck

baat

tree/medicine

garab

that/which

bu

I have fever

moom yaram dafa tàng

spend the night

fanaan

how many times?

ñaata yoon?

ndeke

oh

oh, turn out it really is true!

ndeke dëgg la kat!

touch

laal

don’t touch it!

bul ko laal!

jël

take

reduce

waññi

stop

taxaw

cost

jaar

spend the day in peace

yendu ak jàmm

I eat breakfast first

dama njëkk lekk ndekk

the rain

taw bi

it’s raining, the family of the house are worried about the roof

taw bi, waa kër gi dañuy jaaxle ci kaw kër gi

why are you sleeping so much?

lun tax ngay nelaw lool?

I buy a lot of chicken

dama jënd Gànnaar bu bari

different things

yëf yu wuute

seafront promenade

la corniche

you take a long time

yàgg nga lool

and you?

yaw nag?

travel

tukki

every day

bés bu nekk

the street

mbed mi

easy

yomb

difficult

jafe

If I

su ma

if you

boo

if he

su mu

yes, I know it

waaw, xam naa ko

there

fa