Gambian Wolof Language

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Question Words in Gambian Wolof

Who? What? When? Where? Why? And How Much?

Here are some useful question words to help you ask the right questions with people in Gambian Wolof

Where?	Fan?
Where is Modou's house?	Fan moi kerr Modou?
Where is this?	Fee fan la?
When?	Kajn?
When is Fatou coming?	Kajn la Fatou di nyow?
When will you travel?	Kajn ngai tukki?
How?	Naka?
How can I get to Saloum?	Naka lai deff beh dem Saloum?
How is your older brother?	Naka sa mak bu gorr?
Which?	Ban?
Which land is mine?	Ban morsoh suuf moi suma boss?
What?	Lan?
What did you do?	Lan nga deff?
Who?	Kan?
Who is the traditional leader of this village?	Kan moi njeeti deka bee?
Who did this?	Kan moh deff lee?
Why?	Lu tah?
Why did he do this?	Lu tah mu deff lee?
Why is there no food	Lu tah leka amut?

How can you use "how much" to buy things?

How much?	Nyata?
How much is this food?	Leka bee nyata la?
How much is a ticket to Banjul	Ticketi Banjul nyata la?

Learn Gambian Wolof

Greetings & Introductions
How to greet and introduce yourself in Wolof

Family
How can you describe your family in Wolof?

Numbers
How to count in Wolof

Days of the week
How to say days of the week in Wolof

Months of the year
How to say months of the year in Wolof

Time Concepts
How say early, late, always and other concepts in Wolof

Question Words
Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? How Much?

Traveling
Need to get to travel somewhere? Learn how to do it in Wolof

Shopping
Let's go shopping and see how to buy items in Wolof

Important Verbs
To be, To Have, To Do, To Say, To Go, To Know, To Want, To Can & To Use

Media
List of music, dances and movies in Wolof

Phrases
Extra phrases in Wolof that may be handy

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