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Most of the time, time is given in French. However, prayer times are often used to refer to time when precision is not necessary; | |||
it’s either “gannaaw tisbaar” or “ballaa timis” so you can guess that it’s really elastic and you’ll need to deal with. | |||
Ponctuality is not a particular important concept in most of the places here. | |||
Don’t plan to meet people at a prayer time, unless you mean generally around that time. | |||
It’s also a bad time to try to buy something, as the seller may be praying (although you can always just wait a few minutes until he finishes). | |||
The hot part of the day is for drinking tea and/or napping. You won’t be expected to work/go anywhere then. | |||
<span link>After mastering this lesson, these related pages might interest you:</span> [[Language/Wolof/Culture/Politeness-and-Respect|Wolof Culture Politeness and Respect]], [[Language/Wolof/Culture/Art-and-Music|Wolof Culture: History and Traditions of Art and Music]], [[Language/Wolof/Culture/Traditional-Clothing|Traditional Clothing]] & [[Language/Wolof/Culture/Gender-consideration|Gender consideration]]. | |||
==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 | ||
==Other Lessons== | |||
* [[Language/Wolof/Culture/Gender-consideration|Gender consideration]] | |||
* [[Language/Wolof/Culture/Funerals|Funerals]] | |||
* [[Language/Wolof/Culture/Taajabòon|Taajabòon]] | |||
* [[Language/Wolof/Culture/Family|Family]] | |||
* [[Language/Wolof/Culture/Caste-or-social-stratification-considerations|Caste or social stratification considerations]] | |||
* [[Language/Wolof/Culture/Setting-time|Setting time]] | |||
* [[Language/Wolof/Culture/Sërice-or-travel-gifts|Sërice or travel gifts]] | |||
* [[Language/Wolof/Culture/Social-stratification-or-caste|Social stratification or caste]] | |||
* [[Language/Wolof/Culture/Weddings|Weddings]] | |||
* [[Language/Wolof/Culture/What-are-you-expected-to-do|What are you expected to do]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 13:07, 27 March 2023
Most of the time, time is given in French. However, prayer times are often used to refer to time when precision is not necessary;
it’s either “gannaaw tisbaar” or “ballaa timis” so you can guess that it’s really elastic and you’ll need to deal with.
Ponctuality is not a particular important concept in most of the places here.
Don’t plan to meet people at a prayer time, unless you mean generally around that time.
It’s also a bad time to try to buy something, as the seller may be praying (although you can always just wait a few minutes until he finishes).
The hot part of the day is for drinking tea and/or napping. You won’t be expected to work/go anywhere then.
After mastering this lesson, these related pages might interest you: Wolof Culture Politeness and Respect, Wolof Culture: History and Traditions of Art and Music, Traditional Clothing & Gender consideration.
Source[edit | edit source]
http://publish.illinois.edu/wolof201fall14/files/2014/08/NEW_WOLOF_BOOK.pdf
Other Lessons[edit | edit source]
- Gender consideration
- Funerals
- Taajabòon
- Family
- Caste or social stratification considerations
- Setting time
- Sërice or travel gifts
- Social stratification or caste
- Weddings
- What are you expected to do