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Senegal
Vocabulary
Tenses
Translation
100
This was the title of the movie we watched.
What is Hotel Rwanda?
100
Senegal is in this part of Africa.
What is West Africa?
100
un parapluie
What is an umbrella?
100
This tense deals with what is happening now.
What is the present?
100
Il y avait une fille.
What is There was a girl?
200
This is what you call a mass killing/massacre that involves killing people of a certain race, ethnicity or religion.
What is genocide?
200
This is the capital of Senegal.
What is Dakar?
200
A house
What is une maison?
200
This tense deals with what has already happened, during a clearly defined period of time.
What is the past tense?
200
Elle avait une belle maison.
What is She had a beautiful house.
300
This is the year that the genocide in Rwanda took place.
What is 1994?
300
This is the currency of Senegal.
What is the CFA?
300
Elle etait
What is she was?
300
This tense also deals with the past, but with continuous or repetative actions.
What is imparfait?
300
Il n'etait pas mechant.
What is He wasn't mean?
400
This ethnic group was the main agressor in the Rwandan genocide.
What are the Hutus?
400
This is one of the main ethnicities (and languages) in Senegal.
What is Wolof?
400
He didn't have
What is il n'avait pas?
400
This tense has endings like "-ais" and "-ait."
What is the imparfait?
400
Je voulais avoir un grand parapluie rouge.
What is I wanted to have a big red umbrella?
500
It is estimated that up to this many people were killed in the genocide in Rwanda.
What is one million?
500
This famous singer is of Senegalese origin.
Who is Akon?
500
There wasn't
What is il n'y avait pas?
500
This tense is made with two words.
What is the past tense?
500
Elle lui a dit: "J'aime beaucoup le pleuvoir, mais il faisait beau."
What is She said to him: I like a lot the rain, but it was nice?"
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