You want to learn how to use demonstrative pronouns in Wolof? You've come to the right place! Scroll down and see the short Wolof lessons complete with useful examples. This house, that house... we make learning Wolof demonstrative pronouns easy for you.
Demonstrative pronouns are used with nouns to make them more specific. A unique feature of Wolof is that, unlike English, the demonstrative pronoun comes after the noun. The English demonstrative pronoun 'this' has various forms in Wolof. Depending on the first letter of the noun which it follows, the various forms are 'bile', 'gile', 'jile', 'lile', 'mile', 'sile' and 'wile'.
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If you want to go from beginner to fluent in Wolof in a reasonable amount of time, you'll need a proven study method and daily dedication. Our nine-step Wolof learning guide will show you how to teach yourself Wolof in a structured,effective way. The steps below will take you through the progression of skills needed to learn to speak, read and understand Wolof.
Demonstrative pronouns are used to refer to specific objects and their locations. In English, this would be the words this and these to refer to objects which are near and that and those to refer to objects which are further away. Using the nouns teere, siis and bunt (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn to use the demonstrative pronouns with each of these nouns (this book, that chair, these doors). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about Wolof demonstrative pronouns including useful examples. After you've learned to use the Wolof demonstrative pronouns with the nouns teere, siis and bunt and the plural nouns teere yi, siis yi and bunt yi you can move on to Step 7 (Wolof adjectives).
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