LANGUAGE LEARNING LINKS



MANDINKA HOMEPAGE




GREETINGS     NOUNS     COLORS     BODY PARTS     NUMBERS     PRONOUNS     ADJECTIVES     VERBS


GREETINGS:

          Good morning - isama
          Good night - sutogediya
          Good afternoon - tilidiya
          Good-bye - fonyato
          Good evening - iwuvalara
          Hello - abenyadi


NOUNS:shem
          Bird - kuno
          Cat - nyankumo
          Dog - wulo
          Fish - yego
          Horse - suwo

          Boy - kambano
          Girl - sunkuto
          Man - ke
          Woman - muso

          Chair - siran
          House - korda
          Table - tabulo
          Boat - kulun
          Bus - boso
          Car - moto

          Apple - applo
          Bread - bu-ro
          Salad - salato
          Typical fruit - yiridin

          Pants - kurto
          Shoes - samato
          Tree - yiro
          Water - jio
          Thank you - abaraka



COLORS:
          Black - fimma
          Blue - blurin
          Green - jambakero
          Orange - oranso
          Red - wilerin
          silver - kodiforo White - koima
          Yellow - netemungu


BODY PARTS:
          Arm - bulo
          Ear - tulo
          Eye(s) - nya
          Finger - bulukononding
          Foot - sin
          Hand - bulu
          Head- kun
          Leg - sin
          Mouth - da
          Nose - nun


NUMBERS:
          Zero - hanifen
          One - kilia
          Two - fula
          Three - saba
          Four - nani
          Five - lulu
          Six - woro
          Seven - worowula
          Eight - sai
          Nine - kononto
          Ten - tan


PRONOUNS:
          I - nte
          You - ite
          He - ate
          She - ate
          It - ate
          We - ntelu
          You - altelu
          They - itelu


          How - nyadi
          What - munfen
          When - watijon
          Where - minto
          Who - joma


ADJECTIVES:
          Dark - fimma
          Deep - dinko
          Fast - katarba
          Important - nata
          Large - waro
          Heavy - kulya
          Lazy - kanafa
          Healthy - kendeya
          Salty - kosiya
          Short - sutuya
          Sick - kusan
          Slow - naf
          Small - doya
          Soft - kafoya
          Shallow - amandinka
          Sweet - diya
          Unimportant - nafantan
          Tall - jan
          Thin - meseya


VERBS:
          Be - kake
          Buy - kasan
          Do - kake
          Drink - kamin
          Eat - kadomoroke
          Find - kje
          Go - kata
          Have - kasoto
          Like - lafo
          Love - kano
          Read - kakaran
          Run - boro
          See - jero
          Sell - wafuro
          Sing - kadonkilola
          Sleep - sino
          Smile - jelo
          Speak - diyamo
          Take - kata
          Think - kemira
          Throw - kafaye
          Wait - kabatu


VARIOUS EXPRESSIONS:




Vocabulary for this page was provided by Mr. Moussa



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