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Talking about your family (Njabbot ji) in Gambian Wolof

The Family	1) Njabbot ji 2) Mbokka yi
Mother	Yaye
Father	Baye
Parents	Waijurr
Sister	1) Makk bu jigain (older sister) 2) Rakka bu jigain (younger sister)
Brother	1) Makk bu gorr (older brother) 2) Rakka bu gorr (younger brother)
Son	Dorm bu gorr
Daugther	Dorm bu jigain
Husband	Jekarr
Wife	Jabarr
Aunt	1) Badiene (paternal aunt) 2) Yaye (maternal aunt) 3) Yumpagne (maternal uncle’s wife)
Uncle	1) Nijaye (maternal uncle) 2) Baye (paternal uncle)
Grandmother	Maam bu jigain
Grandfather	Maam bu gorr

How to talk about your family with examples in the plural case

My children	1) Suma njabot ji 2) Suma dorm yi
His parents	Waijurr am yi
Your wives	Sa jabbarr yi
The women here do not speak English	Jiggain yi fee du nyu laaka English

How to talk about your family with examples in the singular case

My wife is on the farm	Suma jabarr mung chi toll bi
Your husband speaks too much	Sa jekkarr daffa barri wah torop
The uncle of the neighbour has a lot of girlfriends	Nijayi dekkandorr bi daffa am jangha yu barri
Your brother went to Dakar	Sa makk bu gorr daffa dem Dakar
Can you believe that your aunt will marry a Nigerian?	Mun ngaa gome neh sabadjen nyak la moh saiyal?
Our daughter is cooking Cherreh and Sauce	Sunj dorm bu jigain bangeh torgah cherreh ak soss
Mummy and Daddy are angry with you	Sa yaye ak baye nyung la merreh

Learn Gambian Wolof

Greetings & Introductions
How to greet and introduce yourself in Wolof

Family
How can you describe your family in Wolof?

Numbers
How to count in Wolof

Days of the week
How to say days of the week in Wolof

Months of the year
How to say months of the year in Wolof

Time Concepts
How say early, late, always and other concepts in Wolof

Question Words
Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? How Much?

Traveling
Need to get to travel somewhere? Learn how to do it in Wolof

Shopping
Let's go shopping and see how to buy items in Wolof

Important Verbs
To be, To Have, To Do, To Say, To Go, To Know, To Want, To Can & To Use

Media
List of music, dances and movies in Wolof

Phrases
Extra phrases in Wolof that may be handy

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