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Lesson 6 of 10
Cafe and restaurant in Wolof
A table, the menu, what you cannot eat, and a compliment to the kitchen. Play the ten Wolof words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Wolof phrases in this lesson
- Taabal bu ñaarTAA-bal boo nyaar
- A table for two
- Menu bi, su la neexmeh-NOO bee soo la naykh
- The menu, please
- Lan nga may digal?lan nga may dee-GAL
- What do you recommend?
- Duma lekk...DOO-ma lek
- I don't eat...
- Am naa allergie ci...am naa a-ler-ZHEE chee
- I'm allergic to...
- Yàppyap
- Meat
- Ginaargi-NAAR
- Chicken
- Jënjen
- Fish
- Dafa neexda-fa naykh
- It's delicious
- Wér gu yaramwehr goo YA-ram
- Cheers
Menu is the usual loanword.
Use the French medical word allergie and name the food or substance.
A wish for health. The French Santé (san-TEH) is also used as a toast.