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tintinto
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 12 Oct 2006 : 15:40:59
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Can anyone from Bantaba help please, i am trying to learn to speak "Wolof"Is anyone available in England to help me?
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LEMON TIME
Afghanistan
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Posted - 12 Oct 2006 : 15:48:45
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| HEY TIntinto MANJARKOC OR SARAKOLAY is easier.THERE IS WOLLOF-ENGLISH DICTIONARY. |
There is no god but Allah |
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Momodou
Denmark
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Posted - 12 Oct 2006 : 16:02:10
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Originally posted by tintinto
Can anyone from Bantaba help please, i am trying to learn to speak "Wolof"Is anyone available in England to help me?
Hi, you can download both the "Wolof Grammar Manual" and "Wolof Dictionary" in PDF from the language menu of The Gambia Resource Page.
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tintinto
United Kingdom
105 Posts |
Posted - 12 Oct 2006 : 16:09:20
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| Thanks i have downloaded 74 page wolof=English translation, but thought it would help to have one to one with someone, in England, to learn the correct pronunciation's.. |
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leokat
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12 Oct 2006 : 18:36:28
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Originally posted by tintinto
Thanks i have downloaded 74 page wolof=English translation, but thought it would help to have one to one with someone, in England, to learn the correct pronunciation's..
I don't want to be negative but I have the dictionary and my b/f spent a good deal of time when I was last there attempting to teach me without a great deal of success. The pronounciation is very difficult (well I found it so - to the great amusement of my b/f). I did, however, begin to understand a little of the conversations he was having with his friends (a lot of modern words are quite similar to the English or French equivilent and once you know the basics its easy to guess the rest).
Anyhow hope you find someone willing to give you lessons and you find it easier than I have - good luck! |
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gambiabev
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12 Oct 2006 : 19:02:02
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The language of LOVE is the same the world over!!! 
Being a suspicous and curious person my main motive for learning mandinka or wolof would be so I could understand the mobile phone calls that pass between people!!! LOL!!! |
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Jack
Belgium
384 Posts |
Posted - 12 Oct 2006 : 19:49:10
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Oh yeah Beverley,
experiences all over the world. |
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tintinto
United Kingdom
105 Posts |
Posted - 12 Oct 2006 : 20:02:01
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Thanks Leokat! But, so is English very difficult pronouciation, but i learnt some when i was five!! It's just a question of how hard you want to try, like everything else in life.
When i'm in Gambia the Wolof language is always on my mind, but back home, i tend to loose touch with it, because i'm not hearing it spoken. |
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mbay
Germany
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Posted - 13 Oct 2006 : 16:44:34
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Antii?
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Originally posted by LEMON TIME
HEY TIntinto MANJARKOC OR SARAKOLAY is easier.THERE IS WOLLOF-ENGLISH DICTIONARY.
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tintinto
United Kingdom
105 Posts |
Posted - 13 Oct 2006 : 17:48:46
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| Why do people on this Bantaba talk "Gobbledegook"? do they think it clever? |
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