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Lesson 8 of 10

Getting around in Wolof

Left, right, the station, one ticket, where is the toilet. 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.

A train at Dakar railway station, Senegal
Getting around
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
What it meansHow to say it
Seydina Aba Gueye (VOA), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

All 10 Wolof phrases in this lesson

Fan la wanag wi nekk?fan la wa-NAG wee nek
Where is the toilet?
Naka laay dem...?NA-ka lai dem
How do I get to...?
Ci càmmooñchee cham-MOHNY
To the left
Ci ndeyjoorchee nday-JOHR
To the right
Demal ci kanamdeh-MAL chee KA-nam
Straight ahead
Fiifee
Here
Gaaru saxaarGAA-roo sa-KHAAR
Train station
Otobüsoh-toh-BOOS
Bus
Aéroporta-eh-roh-POR
Airport

The French loanword.

Benn biye, su la neexben bee-YEH soo la naykh
One ticket, please

Where Wolof is spoken

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