Days of the Week / Bési Ayubés Bi
Thursday, December 27, 2007 by Jangalekat Wolof (http://jangawolof.wordpress.com/author/jangawolof/)
Wolof names for the days of the week are mostly adopted from aAmwic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_calendar#Days_of_the_week).
As usual you can mouse over for the French translations as well.
Monday - Alteneh / Altinay / Altine [al-ti-ney]
Tuesday - Talarta / Talata / Talaata [ta-laa-ta]
Wednesday - Arlahrba / Alarba / Àllarba [al-lar-ba]
Thursday - Alheames / Alxamess / Alxames [al-kha-mes]
Friday - Arjuma / Ajuma / Àjjuma [aj-ju-ma]
Saturday - Gaaw / Gaawo / Gaawu [gaa-woo]
Sunday - Dibéér / Dibeer / Dibéer [dee-beyr]
Saturday may also be known as Aséér. (found this trans. in a Gambian source)
Days of the Week / Bési Ayubés Bi JANGA WOLOF (http://jangawolof.wordpress.com/2007/12/27/days-of-the-week-besi-ayubes-bi/)
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