Language/Wolof/Grammar/Static-verbs

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.

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