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Learn How to Count in Wolof
🤗 Jama ngaam! Wolof learners,
➡ In today's lesson you will learn how to count in Wolof, the native language of the Wolof people, mainly spoken in Senegal, Mauritania and the Gambia.
Happy learning!
After mastering this lesson, these related pages might interest you: Wolof survival phrases, Weather, Days of the Week & Geography.
Ordinal numbers[edit | edit source]
| Number | Wolof |
|---|---|
| 0 | tus |
| 1 | benn |
| 2 | ñaar |
| 3 | ñett |
| 4 | ñent |
| 5 | juróom |
| 6 | juróom benn |
| 7 | juróom ñaar |
| 8 | juróom ñett |
| 9 | juróom ñent |
| 10 | fukk |
| 11 | fukak benn |
| 12 | fukak ñaar |
| 13 | fukak ñett |
| 14 | fukak ñent |
| 15 | fukak jurom |
| 16 | fukak jurom benn |
| 17 | fukak jurom ñaar |
| 18 | fukak jurom ñett |
| 19 | fukak jurom ñent |
| 20 | ñaar fukk |
| 30 | fann weer |
| 40 | ñen'fukk |
| 50 | jurom fukk |
| 60 | jurom benn fukk |
| 70 | jurom ñaar fukk |
| 80 | jurom ñett fukk |
| 90 | jurom ñen'fukk |
| 100 | téeméer |
| 1,000 | junni |
| 1,000, 000 | milyon mi |
Cardinal Numbers[edit | edit source]
| Number | Wolof | English |
|---|---|---|
| 1o | jëkk | first |
| 2o | ñaaréel | second |
| 3o | ñettéel | third |
fraction[edit | edit source]
| Fraction | Wolof | English |
|---|---|---|
| 1/2 | genn-wàll gi | half |
Videos[edit | edit source]
Trilingual Series: Learn Wolof Numbers, Words and Phrases[edit | edit source]
Source[edit | edit source]
http://publish.illinois.edu/wolof201fall14/files/2014/08/NEW_WOLOF_BOOK.pdf
Other Lessons[edit | edit source]
- Marital Status
- Geography
- Colors
- Verbs
- Family
- Prepositions
- Count to 10
- Useful words
- Vegetables
- Useful phrases for beginners