Language/Wolof/Grammar/Static-verbs
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