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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.

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.

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

honnto where
honnde When
honno How
hommbo Who

Jelu How much

"Men" could also be used in the context you mentioned.
For example you are talking to a fellow Pullo about the Senegal river and saying it is ours. You could say
Senegal ko mayo men.

If you are talking to another person other than a Pullo, you say Senegal ko mayo amen. The "amen" excludes the person you are talking to.

Fulaman198: Excuse me OmarBah, but men is more like "our"

Mayo men - Our river

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 ?

Pronouns Subjects
Mi I
A you, singular or for a friend
O He or she
En this is more like the On of the french.
Men We
On You, plural and for parents and elderly people
Be They. Also used when referring to parents, elderly people or respectable people.

I don't mind reading the bible either but I do mind the conversion .

Bororojo: There is actually nothing wrong in reading the bible........ Islam even encourages the quest for knowledge...
Infact, some of the best translation works from English or French into Fulfulde has been in the form of Complete Fufulde bibles. I find this amazing, considering the fact that the bible is even bigger than the Qur'aan.

For a starter who would like to learn Fulfulde, that could be a good place to start... comparing the English/French texts in the bible to the corresponding verses in Fulfulde. from there one could easily pick up so many words, and master the very complex rules of Fulfulde such as the complex pronoun system, Consonant mutations in their plural forms, etc......

if i start listing the number of pronouns that exist in Fulfulde here, some people might be shocked...... starting from simple ones like O and On to ones like Muudum'en.....

let's do it

A Pullo ought to be a Muslim, sorry but I am not open minded when it comes to that.

has anyone of you ever listened to Quran translated in Fulfulde? I remember three years reading about, they had a ceremony in Yola, Adamawa

Fulaman198: Yeah, he's very bright and educated. He is the kind of leader in my opinion that Nigeria needs. He is always talking about progression and I would like to see how he would do if he was a president. He is a very "we can do it" kind of mindset. He's soft-spoken and kind. A complete intellectual. Whether Nigeria will elect a leader like him, that I can't tell you with absolute confidence.

He had a Tedx talk about vested interests in Nigeria and the need to confront them if any chance to status quo is to occur. I thought he was brave to say such things in public. I guess due to his royal background he is not afraid of power.
I doubt he will become president though, he is Emir, I think he prefer to remain in the North, unfortunately.

Fulaman198: You mean Lamido Sanusi? I don't know and to be honest with you I don't think so. I have never heard him speak Fulfulde. I know that he can speak Hausa for sure, he speaks perfectly accented English with a hint of a British accent. He's very educated. I don't think he can speak Fulfulde though even though he may be ethnically Fulani. Maybe Bororojo knows better than me on this matter.

yep Lamido Sanusi, I was really proud when he made TIME 100.

question brothers, does the new Emir of Kano speak Fulfulde? I heard it identify as Fulani.

I came across this today. Fulanis of Niger

Fulaman198: Yah I'm thinking it is Nigeria

I like it. Sokoto is a must see for me if I go to Nigeria.

Fulaman198: It looks like it could be in Nigeria or even Niger. Am I correct?

yea, I thought he was from Sokot or around, since this is typical "Hausa". The Sardauna was always dressed in one of them. At least on the interviews I saw.

the guys in the North West can get "jiggy" with it LOL

Fulaman198: Bororojo and OmarBah where are my fellow Fulani bros at? Did you all run off on me on Saturday to pick up some Fulani ladies w/o me
Just kidding, Fulani women are too serious-minded and pure-hearted to do that.

LOL I wish but unfortunately I don't have any wedding to attend to tonight, that's where you usually see Fulbe girls.

Guinea's legislative system is mixed. You have MPs elected directly by the voters, and those chosen by the proportional vote. We have 114 MPs (does this number reminds you of something?). Thirsty eight of them are chosen directly and the remainder by the proportional. On page 8 of the sheet, you will see that UFDG+UFR (who were allies for the last elections, UFR having its base among the Susu) got 19 MPs including all the 4 MPs of the capital city. It took them about a week to agree on the results. The opposition leaders had to pay close attention the whole time to avoid frauds. Unfortunately they did not do the same in the other regions. N'Zerekore was won by UFR for instance but due to a lack of vigilance and materials, Conde's people were able to turn it around. Basically the State was used to win to ensure Conde had those 53 MPs. You can see that despite that, he had to go after other smaller parties to control the national assembly.

hey Bororojo did you get the chance to check out the link with the results?

Mali, Niger and Futa Jallon in order.

How about the ones below

Besides Fulaman and Bororojo, could anyone else guess where the people below are from?

Aishatu Buba, a representative of the Fulani Mbororo community of Cameroon, at the Worldwide United Nations conference on the rights of indigenous people.

I see them from time to time on Zone Fulbe, descendants of Fulbe pilgrims or immigrants to Saudi Arabia.

diversity

newly weds Futa Jallon

Naija babes

Atk1nson: I think the fulani's need to move more with technology and social interaction. Lack of interaction is a natural recipe for conflict. The first time I saw a fulani lady speaking English in person was this year

I agree about the need for social interaction, it's the only way to build a better country for everyone. As long as suspicion remains between people of different ethnic groups, the citizens won't live up to their potential.
Now the change for Fulanis , educated or not, is to do just that without loosing their culture. It's tough, but possible.

Fulaman198: Woodi maasin bro, I agree with you. It's so late here, I need to sleep bros. Good night ok

good night, nice talking to you again.

Even if we have to go through Pottal Fii Bhantal du Fouta-Djalon, we will find a way to develop Guinea one way or the other. The country is relatively unexploited, that's the good news.