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== Wolof Static verbs Examples== | == Wolof Static verbs Examples== | ||
Am to | {| class="wikitable" | ||
Am jot to have | |Am | ||
Soxla to | |to have | ||
Bëgg to want / to | |- | ||
Mën | |Am jot | ||
War | |to have time | ||
Xam to | |- | ||
Dégg to hear / to understand a | |Soxla | ||
|to need | |||
|- | |||
|Bëgg | |||
|to want / to love | |||
|- | |||
|Mën | |||
|can | |||
|- | |||
|War | |||
|must | |||
|- | |||
|Xam | |||
|to know | |||
|- | |||
|Dégg | |||
|to hear / to understand a language | |||
|} | |||
==Phrases with static verbs in Wolof== | ==Phrases with static verbs in Wolof== | ||
Am naa mag ak ràkk ci Senegal I have brother and sister in Senegal. | {| class="wikitable" | ||
Sufekkee am nga jot, fan nga bëgg dem? If you have time, where do you want to go? | |Am naa mag ak ràkk ci Senegal | ||
John soxla na roose sardeñam. John needs to water his garden. Mën nanu wax | |I have brother and sister in Senegal. | ||
Wolof tuuti léegi We can speak Wolof a bit now. | |- | ||
|Sufekkee am nga jot, fan nga bëgg dem? | |||
|If you have time, where do you want to go? | |||
|- | |||
|John soxla na roose sardeñam. | |||
|John needs to water his garden. Mën nanu wax | |||
|- | |||
|Wolof tuuti léegi | |||
|We can speak Wolof a bit now. | |||
|} | |||
==Source== | ==Source== | ||
http://publish.illinois.edu/wolof201fall14/files/2014/08/NEW_WOLOF_BOOK.pdf | http://publish.illinois.edu/wolof201fall14/files/2014/08/NEW_WOLOF_BOOK.pdf | ||
Revision as of 15:47, 15 September 2021
How to use static verbs in Wolof
In Wolof we have 3 types of verbs among which the static verbs. The static verbs are verbs that express the feeling, the desire, the state, and the willingness, the physical and mental description and so on. They also express the qualities and fills for the adjectives in Enlish. You can use them with the structure above to conjugate them in the preset tense. A short list is inserted here, more will be found in the back of the book.
Wolof Static verbs Examples
| Am | to have |
| Am jot | to have time |
| Soxla | to need |
| Bëgg | to want / to love |
| Mën | can |
| War | must |
| Xam | to know |
| Dégg | to hear / to understand a language |
Phrases with static verbs in Wolof
| Am naa mag ak ràkk ci Senegal | I have brother and sister in Senegal. |
| Sufekkee am nga jot, fan nga bëgg dem? | If you have time, where do you want to go? |
| John soxla na roose sardeñam. | John needs to water his garden. Mën nanu wax |
| Wolof tuuti léegi | We can speak Wolof a bit now. |
Source
http://publish.illinois.edu/wolof201fall14/files/2014/08/NEW_WOLOF_BOOK.pdf