Language/Wolof/Grammar/Am-(to-have)-in-the-present-tense

Am (to have) in the present tense

Conjugation

Examples

• Am naa xarit yu baax ci sunu dëkk = I have good friends in in our village
• Am na tool bu mag ci villas bi = There’s a big field in the village
• Amuma jot bu doy pur dem Cees = I don’t have enough time to go to Thies

Notes

All the other static verbs can be conjugated in that way.

Source

http://publish.illinois.edu/wolof201fall14/files/2014/08/NEW_WOLOF_BOOK.pdf

Related Lessons

• Notable characteristics
• Adjectives
• Pronouns and How to ask questions
• Conditional Mood
• Future Tense
• Questions
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• The possessive expressed by “U”
• Possessive pronouns