In the name of Allah

Fourth level

(100 words)

Fulani-English-Arabic

Prepared by:

Ahmed Sosal Altayeb M. Ali.

Supervised by:

Dr, Maha Abdu

January

2011

Brief history about Fulani:

Fulani or Fulbe are found throughout the Sahel of West Africa, on the southern edge of the desert, from Mauritania in the West to Sudan in the East. There are about twenty million of them spread through about 16 countries. Fulani remain separate by their culture, their ways of life and their believes. They are assigned by names such as Haalpulaar'en, Fula, Fulbe, Peul, Fulani, Falata. Their language Fulfulde belongs to the Neger Congo language family, in the West Atlantic branch. There are several names applied to the language, just as we had for Fula people. Their language called Pulaar or Pular, in Western dialects and Fulfulde in the Central and Eastern dialects. Fula(h) and Fulani in English and Puel in French.

Concerning the noun classes there are about 25 noun classes (the number may vary slightly in the different dialects). Each noun class has a singular and plural form, accusative/dative pronoun, demonstrative adjective and adjective agreement pattern. Some examples provided in

the table below :

NounArticleNominati

ve pronoun

Accusative/dative pronoun

Demonstrative adjective

Possessive

adjective

debbo )woman(

debbo ON )THE woman(

O )SHE(MO )HER(OO debbo on

)THAT woman(

debbo makko )his/her woman(

gertogal )chicken(

gertogal NGAL )THE

chicken(

NGAL )IT(NGAL )IT(NGAA gertogal

ngal )THAT chicken(

gertogal maggal )his/her chicken(

Writing System:

Writing system used in this dictionary is the Orthographic writing system presented through the Roman script. In addition, it's combined by phonetic transcription for each word by using the IPA symbols .

The audiences:

This dictionary is for both students and public as it provides words meaning in English and Arabic for Fulani words.

Symbols used in this dictionary:

-(n)------------------------------------Noun

-(v)------------------------------------Verbe

-(adj)----------------------------------Adjective

-(adv)---------------------------------Adverb

-(pro)---------------------------------Pronoun

-(pre)---------------------------------Preposition

-(det)---------------------------------Determiner

-(conj)--------------------------------Conjonction

(-suf----------------------------------)Suffixe

(-syn)---------------------------------synonymies

ArabicEnglishFulaniA,a

كال, / Noaa'a (adv)ال/

مطلقا, Neverabada (adv)أبدا/ /

المخاطب ضميرأنت

YouAan (pro) / /

عربي Arabic fellow Aarabo (n)شخص/ /

ان, غير But, howeverammaa (conj)لكن/ /

, خاصتنا, لنا / Ouramin (pro)ملكنا/

/ Knowanndu (v)يعرف/

The firstarano (adj)األول/ /

المتكلم ضمير, إليه المضاف

خاصتي

Myam (pro) / /

B,bقوه The powerfulذو

onebaawdo (n)/ /

1, بعد- ذلك بعد2 , وراء- خلف

1-after, afterward

2-behind

baawo (prep)/ /Syn: gada

To bringقربهsomething close to someone

Battinde (v)/ /syn:bannude, dakkinde.

Help, aidBalla (n)مساعد/ /syn:ballitaari, mballal.

/Beforebako (adv)قبل/

مقدره أو Abilitybaawal (n)قدره/ /

RedBodeej-i (adj)أحمر/ /suf:-el,-al,-um,-

amمن Beside, nextبالقرب

tobannge (prep)/

/

D,dWhitedaneej-o (adj)أبيض

/ /suf:-al,-el,-um

Leave behindأتركهor leave alone

delud-e (v)/ /suf:-um,-be,- ŋa

Bookdeptere (n)كتاب/ /

Womandebo (n)أمراه/ /

, و العطف And, and thende (conj)واو//

Syn: kaa, kayفي, / Indere (prep)داخل

/Syn: e, hen,

nderالتعريف / Theden (det)أل

/عن-1علي-2

1-on2-about

dow (prep)/ /

WhichNd-eye (det)أي/ /Suf: -

aye

E,eالي, باالضافه And, pluse (conj)و

/ // /You pluralen (pro)أنتم

F,f/ /Hitfia- (v)أضرب

Suf:-mu,- ŋa,-be,- ŋal

عقل, / Understandfami (v)فهم/

/Allfuu (adj)كل/

FulaniFulbe (n)فوالني//

غد The day afterبعدtomorrow

fabbi janngo (adv)

/ /Syn: faddi janngo

G,g,ŋ //Bullsŋai (n)ثيران

الن, ,Becauseبسببbecause of

gam (conj) / /Syn: gan, ngam

Corngawri (n)ذره

/ /Manŋgorko (n)رجل

/ /جاء, )Comeŋgar-ii )vحضر

/ /Suf: -u,-en

/ Towngelle (n)مدينه/

H,hشيئين, بين ما Between, inبين

the middle ofhakkunde (pre)/ /

Todayhande (adv)اليوم/ /

هو الغائب )Hehaŋnko )proضمير/ /

هم الغائبين Theyhembe (pro)ضمير/ /

Cardinalمائهnumber hundred

hemere (adj)/ /

اتجاه, في Towardsheddeنحو(prep)

/ /

J,jTomorrowjaango (adv)غدا

/ /Nowjooni (adv)أالن

/ /)Studyingjanŋ-in )vيدرس

/ /Suf: -u,-ey,-a,-uki

خمسه / Fivejoy (adj)الرقم/

/ Keep silentjeeda (v)أصمت

/Sit downJood-a (v)أجلس

/ /Suf: -ay,-u

Cameljeelooba (n)جمل/

/

K,kYesterdaykeenya (adv)أمس

/ /Newkes-o (adj)جديد

// Suf: -al,-el,-um,-a,-re,-ru,-u

/Old(ones)kiiddi (adj)قديم/

بسبب // That becauseko (conj)ذلك / Wifekore (n)زوجه

/

L,lRoadlaawol (n)طريق

/ / / Roadslaabi (n)طرق

/حاكم, Chieflaamido (n)سلطان

/ /فراش, / Bedlees-o (n)سرير

/Suf: -e

ClothesLims-ere (n)مالبس/ /Suf: -e

/ Marketluumo (n)سوق/

M,m

الملكية صيغةللمخاطب

Yourmaa (det) / /

ضمير, خاصتهالمتصل الغائب

Hismaako (det)/ /

Theirmabbe (det)خاصتهم/ /

أو السن في كبيرالحجم

Big, oldmaundu (adj)/ /

أنا المتكلم / Imiin (pro)ضمير/

المتكلمين ضميرنحن

Weminn (pro) / /

N,nأربعه / Fournay (adj)الرقم

/ / Whennde (adv)متى

/ / Ornaa (conj)أو

/Syn: maa

/ Cattlena?i (n)ماشيه/

/ Earnofru (n)أذن/

Foodnyamdu (n)طعام //

O,o /Weonn (pro)نحن

/ / Thank'osee (v)شكرا

/

P,p Smallpammar-aصغير

(adj)

/ /Suf: -al,-um,-re,-ro

/ Horsepucca (n)حصان/

الفوالني / Fulani peoplePullo (n)جماعة/

R,rShort peoplerabbube (n)أقزام

/ /سيدات, /Womenrewbe (n)نساء

/ S,s

,A little, a bitقليلsmall amount

sedda (adv)/ /

/Ifse (conj)إذا/Syn: si, so

/ Sticksawru (n)عصا/

ثروة, Moneysheede (n)مال/ /

/ Untilsey (adv)حتى/

PreviousSaaliin-de (adj)السابق/ /Suf: -a

T,t / Onlytan (adv)فقط

/To findtawa-de (v)يجد

/ /Suf: -dum,-nŋa,-al,-el,-mo

/ / Toto (pre)إلى

Syn: -toy,-toon

W,wBringwadd-u (v)أحضر

/ /Suf: -ay,-I,-dum,-gal,-ga

أتى, Comewar-u (v)جاء/ /Suf: -ii,-ay-,-ata,

-beClothwudere (n)مالبس

/ / / Homewuro (n)منزل

/

Y,yاألكبر The olderاألخ

brotheryaya (n)/

/ / GoYah-a (v)أذهب

/Suf: -u,ay,-en,-um

/ In front ofyeso (adv)أمام/

Dooryolnde (n)باب/ /

Z,z /The noonzura (n) ألظهر

/