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{{Phrasebook===Arabic===# Hello / Salam aleykum# How are you? / '''Kaifa haluka(haluki for women, halukum plural)?''' or easier ''''Kifak''' in Syria, '''Ezzayek?''' in Egypt, '''Anta (anti for women) labas?''' in Maghreb# I don't have money. / Ana beela or beedoona floos# yes. / na'am or ai in dialects# no. / la# thank you. /Arabic}}shookran lak# what's your name? / masmuka? or ismak eh? (egiptian) shoosmak? (syrian)# my name is ..../ ismi ...# where is ...? / ayna or fein (dialects)...?
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=== Afrikaans ===
=== Bambara ===
Bambara is the main language spoken in [[Mali]]. It is also mutually intelligible with Jula ([[Côte d'Ivoire|Cote d'Ivoire]]), Malinke ([[Guinea]], [[Senegal]], Mandinka ([[The Gambia|Gambia]])) and other languages spoken all over [[Western Africa|West Africa]].Many words don't exist in Bambara and when you don't know a word people might understand the word in French. It's also very common to mix French and Bambara, especially in Mali's capital, [[Bamako]].
# How are you? / '''I ka kene?'''
# I'm going to ... / Where are you going to? '''N'be taa .../ I be taa min?'''
# My name is... / What's your name? / I’m from... / Where are you from? ''''''
# Here is all right. '''Yan ka di'''(not sure)# Thank you! / Have a good night! '''I ni ce! / A ni ula'''# Where can I find ...? ''' ... min?'''
# the road to ... ''' ...'''
# I'd like some water/food. / ''' ji / dumuni'''
# I don't eat meat (and fish) '''n'te sogo (ani jege) dun'''
# I’m... / hungry / fine / cold / hot / sick '''Ne ... / kongo / ka di / suma / / banabaato'''# yesterday / today / now / later, after '''kunu / bi / sisaan / soni '''
# one / two / three / four / five / six / seven / eight / nine / ten '''kelen / f'la / saba / naani / duurun / wooro / wolonfla / segi / kononto / tan'''
# eleven / twelve / twenty '''tan ni kelen / tan ni fla / mugan'''
# Who? / What? / Where? / Why? / When? '''Min? / / Min? / Munna? / '''
# How? / How much? / Which?
=== Wolof ===
Wolof is the unofficial national language of [[Senegal ]] and [[The Gambia]]; it's also spoken in southern [[Mauritania]]. Having a basic knowledge will help you a lot as it will make people respect you much more - from police at checkpoints to potential drivers - and is especially useful in rural areas where people don't speak much English or French. Many words that have only been introduced into people's vocabulary after colonisation are actually French resp. English words, and so are some "hip" expressions among young people. In urban areas, it's quite common to mix Wolof with French or English to some extent.
''x'' is pronounced like ''ch'' in Lo''ch'' Ness.
# How are you? / '''Nanga def?'''
# Can you take me in your car? / '''Munna dem si sa otobi?'''
# I don't have money. / I have money. '''Auma xalis.''' / '''Amna Xalis'''# Please (not very widely used) '''su la neexe'''# Do you speak ...? / Could you speak slower, please? / French / English '''Dega nga... ''' / '''Waxal ndanka su la neexe''' / '''faranse''' / '''angresi'''
# yes / no / no thanks / '''Wow / deedet / deedet, jerejef'''
# That’s good / bad / no problem '''baaxna / bahout / amul problem'''
# hour / day / week / month / kilometre '''wax / jour / semaine / wer / kilomètre'''
<!--# left / right / straight on '''gauche/ / droite/ / tout droit'''-->
# this / next'''bi / kenen (or was it benen?)'''
# How many kilometers is it (on foot)? / Where are we? / far / not far '''Nyata kilometre (taankabi)? / Fii fan? / sore / sore ut'''
# How much does it cost? / What time is it? '''Nyata la? / Ban wax?'''
# I am looking for a place to sleep. '''Dama buga fanaan'''
# Who? / What? / Where? / Why? / When? '''Kan? / Lan? / Fan?/ Lu tax? / Kan?'''
# How? / How much? / Which? '''Naka? / Nyata? / Ban?''' <noinclude> [[Category:Templates]]</noinclude>
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