Omarbah:
Let say you are on the phone with someone who is giving you directions to her house. Once you get there you say :
Men hewti or Men ari

Now when you want to leave and you ask your friends if they would like to leave you say :
En yahay ?

I think you mean a different form of 'min' and not 'men' right?

Do you guys also have pronouns not used with verbs for example

"min" - me
"an" - you
"kanko" - he/she
enen, minin - we
onon - you
kambe - they

Of all the pronons, "We" has many equivalents in Fulfulde and each use depends on the situation and who you are talking to.
For example:
We are behind you , in Fulfude meɗen ɓaawo mon
We are behind them --------- hiɗen ɓaawo maɓe or
enen hiɗen ɓaawo maɓe

Now that I think of it, Fulfulde is really complicated. It's like the French version of West African languages.

Fulaman198:

I think you mean a different form of 'min' and not 'men' right?

Do you guys also have pronouns not used with verbs for example

"min" - me
"an" - you
"kanko" - he/she
enen, minin - we
onon - you
kambe - they

yep it's in one of the comments. I think we posted them at the same time.

Omarbah:
yep it's in one of the comments. I think we posted them at the same time.

Sorry lol

Fulbe in town

Whoever sees this sister in Adamawa , let me know, I need to Holla, that is if she ain't married.

Sellu in his village

this looks very painful. My mom went to Mali on a business trip and the Fulbe she met there told here that to be a Real Pullo, a woman from Mali needs to do this.

Fulbe from Mauritania

Guinea,

Omarbah: Pronouns Objects
Min
an
Kanko(Him)
kañun ( him and her with something else)
en (us)
Kam6e (them)

Him / her - o, mo
He / She - Kanko
They/Themselves - ɓe, eɓe, Kamɓe, Kamɓen, Kam'en
Ourselves- anen
Our- amin, men, meeɗen
Their - maɓɓe , muɓɓen, muuɗum'en.
Us - en, men, ɗen
You- a, an, on, onon, ma
Hers / his - makko, muuɗum
Your - mon, maaɗa, mooɗon
I/myself/us/we - min
herself/himself - Kam
We - minen, anen, enen, miɗen, min, men
Them - ɓe



I Havent even gone into details about which conditions warrant each use

Pullo Futa

Guinean Fulbe living in "Amurica"

Bororojo:


Him / her - o, mo
He / She - Kanko
They/Themselves - ɓe, eɓe, Kamɓe, Kamɓen, Kam'en
Ourselves- anen
Our- amin, men, meeɗen
Their - maɓɓe , muɓɓen, muuɗum'en.
Us - en, men, ɗen
You- a, an, on, onon, ma
Hers / his - makko, muuɗum
Your - mon, maaɗa, mooɗon
I/myself/us/we - min
herself/himself - Kam
We - minen, anen, enen, miɗen, min, men
Them - ɓe



I Havent even gone into details about which conditions warrant each use

I mentioned some of them, have you seen it in my previous comments?

Omarbah:
I mentioned some of them, have you seen it in my previous comments?

yeah, I did......
lol at the reference to French... it is true though.

Bororojo:

yeah, I did......
lol at the reference to French... it is true though.

Once you start thinking of it, you realize how sophisticated Pulaar/Fulfulde is. I have trouble understanding my parents'
conversations at times when they use certain expressions and proverbs.
In Futa, I remember , my friends would talk is Junniti (reversing the words), they would loose me every single time. Do you guys have that?

Omarbah:
Once you start thinking of it, you realize how sophisticated Pulaar/Fulfulde is. I have trouble understanding my parents'
conversations at times when they use certain expressions and proverbs.
In Futa, I remember , my friends would talk is Junniti (reversing the words), they would loose me every single time. Do you guys have that?

like tongue twisters, and reverse order? we've got many...
How about consonant mutation in Fulfulde (Like words can look completely different in singular and plural forms)...... another tricky aspect of the language....i.e

MAN
GORKO (s) WORBE (p)

FREEBORN
DIIMO (s) RIIMBE (p)

SAVIOUR
HISNOOWO (s) KISNOOBE (p)

WOMAN
DEBBO (s) REWBE (p)

SHOE
FADDO (s) PADDE (p)

NOSE
HINERE (s) KINE (p)

STONE
HAARE (s) KA'E (p)

(DID) YOU WAKE UP IN PEACE?
A WAALI e jam (s)
On MBAALI e jam (pl)

THIEF
GUJJO (s), WUYBE (p)

FULANI
PULLO (s) FULBE (p)

SONG/POEM VERSE
YIMRE (s), GIMII (p)

YOU SAY
A WOOLWA (s) - you say
On MBOOLWAN(p) - they said

SPEAK
mi HAALi jooni (s) I speak now)
en KAALI hannki (p) we spoke yesternight

HEAD
HOORE (s) -head KO'E (p) -heads

CHATTNG
en 'don YEWTA (s) We are chatting
'be 'don NGEWTA (p) They are chatting

GOING
mi don YAHA (s) - I am going
'be DON NJAHA (p) - They are going

PERSON
GIMDO (s) - Perrson
YIMBE (p) - People

STAR
HOODERE (s) KOODE (p)

YEAR
HITAANDE (s) KITAALE (p)

EYE
YITEERE (s) GIITE (p)

MOUTH
HUNNDUKO (s), KUNNDUDE (p)

and many more ........
VERY VERY INTERESTING

the fact that our ancestors wrote texts in our language as far back as the heydays of Timbuktu contributed in my opinion in making rich.

Omarbah: the fact that our ancestors wrote texts in our language as far back as the heydays of Timbuktu contributed in my opinion in making rich.

a language has to be rich, before you can translate complete texts in it.... no?
The richness and diversity of Fulfulde/Pulaar .... in your opinion, do you think it a plus or a disadvantage?

Omarbah: the fact that our ancestors wrote texts in our language as far back as the heydays of Timbuktu contributed in my opinion in making rich.

What alphabets did they use ?

Bororojo:

a language has to be rich, before you can translate complete texts in it.... no?
The richness and diversity of Fulfulde/Pulaar .... in your opinion, do you think it a plus or a disadvantage?

at the moment, it's a disadvantage, I bet the brothers in North West were drawn toward Hausa due to simplicity. Same thing happen with French, people prefer it for literature, the Olympic.
If we were to teach it to our people and promote something like Poetry which the Iranians do (both Islamists and non Islamists), we'd create interest in it. That's why I am so into that lesecritsislamiquesdufouta which posts poetry. Down in the road, we'll need to build an academy. I already know where we can put the seat, what other place than Mamou, the center of Guinea where all the ethnic groups meet.

CAMNEWTON4PRES:

What alphabets did they use ?

they used Arabic characters. It was the case up until recently when the French came. Turkish language was written in Arabic characters too before Kemel Attaturk decided to make them "Europeans" and switched to latin alphabet.

Alphabet or script?

Omarbah:
they used Arabic characters. It was the case up until recently when the French came. Turkish language was written in Arabic characters too before Kemel Attaturk decided to make them "Europeans" and switched to latin alphabet.

Okay so that means prior the Arabs you had no alphabet or script right? No texts/books either

Don't get me wrong I'm actually trying to find and know African ethnic group who developped their own script or alphabet without any external influence
So far only Ethiopian

CAMNEWTON4PRES:

What alphabets did they use ?

Arabic.

CAMNEWTON4PRES:

Okay so that means prior the Arabs you had no alphabet or script right? No texts/books either

Don't get me wrong I'm actually trying to find and know African ethnic group who developped their own script or alphabet without any external influence
So far only Ethiopian

yes, before the introduction of Arabic script, Fulfulde was mainly an Oral language.

CAMNEWTON4PRES:

Okay so that means prior the Arabs you had no alphabet or script right? No texts/books either

Don't get me wrong I'm actually trying to find and know African ethnic group who developped their own script or alphabet without any external influence
So far only Ethiopian

No we did not have it. Like the Turks we were just a bunch of nomads, move from place to place. Fulanis back then used to be fearless. I wish we had the same values our ancestors did.

Omarbah:
No we did not have it. Like the Turks we were just a bunch of nomads, move from place to place. Fulanis back then used to be fearless. I wish we had the same values our ancestors did.

You don't have to mention the Turks you know, we should stop seeing external tribes as yardstick

Bororojo:

yes, before the introduction of Arabic script, Fulfulde was mainly an Oral language.

Okay

I wonder what makes a group develop a script and another not to, I'm trying to apply logic but i fail to see any explanation

CAMNEWTON4PRES:

Okay

I wonder what makes a group develop a script and another not to, I'm trying to apply logic but i fail to see any explanation

to be fair, a Maninka has developed an alphabet called N'ko but it's recent though.

CAMNEWTON4PRES:

Okay

I wonder what makes a group develop a script and another not to, I'm trying to apply logic but i fail to see any explanation

Lifestyle mainly.....
organized groups with central authorities are more likely to develop a script than nomadic groups loosely tied together.