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| Captain Haddock Diglot Senior Member Japan kanjicabinet.tumblr. Joined 6779 days ago 2282 posts - 2814 votes  Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: French, Korean, Ancient Greek | Message 1 of 4 17 December 2006 at 5:30am | IP Logged | ||
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I was reading up on random languages on Wikipedia today, and I learned an interesting fact about Wolof (spoken in West Africa): in Wolof, verbs are unchangeable words and do not conjugate; instead, the pronoun conjugates for tense! That means there's an "I" in the present, an "I" in the past, and so on. Too cool.
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| Kitty Triglot Groupie Germany Joined 6569 days ago 43 posts - 45 votes Studies: Spanish, German*, English, French Studies: Latin | Message 2 of 4 17 December 2006 at 7:03am | IP Logged | ||
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hey captain
yeah that's correct the problem is that doesnt make it so much easier because the pronouns (time-for-words we would say in a German translation of the "situation") is that this pronouns are then totaly different in the conjugation that the actual word so... i'm not sure if this is really easier then conjugating a verb after a clear system and in wolof you also can't add some words to others... if i would say, to underline that i will do somthing definantly like going, in english i can say "i will go now definitely" or "i will do that later in any case" or something (not very nice english but kinda possible) but in wolof that is not possible you can not add a time-for-word like "now" to a word that discribe a current state - there are exeptions but in general a no-go but correct me if im wrong :) ps: but its a very interesting languages because of that differences! Edited by Kitty on 17 December 2006 at 7:06am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Captain Haddock Diglot Senior Member Japan kanjicabinet.tumblr. Joined 6779 days ago 2282 posts - 2814 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: French, Korean, Ancient Greek | Message 3 of 4 17 December 2006 at 9:06am | IP Logged | ||
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Wow, you know some Wolof? :)
I wouldn't have expected that feature to make Wolof easier. I just like how every language brings something new that makes you think in a way you're not used to. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Kitty Triglot Groupie Germany Joined 6569 days ago 43 posts - 45 votes Studies: Spanish, German*, English, French Studies: Latin | Message 4 of 4 17 December 2006 at 9:19am | IP Logged | ||
yeah i know a bit wolof :) (i'm addicted to "minority languages haha, but wolof is spoken by 3 million ppl so its not that minority-like but not well known anyway) there are online courses out there, some are not bad for basics and as long as you not wanna move to the Senegal you don't need more then basics ^^ well ok, you're right it IS def. a new perspective on grammar, i was surprised too in first place do you wanna learn wolof? 1 person has voted this message useful |
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