GUIDE OF SÉDHIOU - Cesie

On the streets you will always meet people calling you Toubab
(in case you’re a white person, but also a black person can be
called toubab, referring that this person is a stranger). A polite
answer to this approach is to turn to a person approaching
you and greet him/her in Arabic, Mandink or French. A bit
more difficult case is with the children who shout from every
corner of the street: “Bonjour Toubab!! Bonjour Toubab!!”,
it’s important to maintain your tranquillity and to at least
wave at them, because it could be the highlight of the day for
those children.
Now an example of a normal everyday greeting:
1: Salam aleikum (Peace be with you)
2: Aleikum salam (With you the peace)
1: I be heera to? (Do you have the peace?)
2: Heera dorong (I have the peace)
1: Kor ta na nteng? (How are you? In Mandink)
2: Tana nteng (I’m fine)
1: Su kono nKolu le? (How’s your family?)
2: I bi jee (They’re fine)
1: Yoo! Como ca va? (Volila! How are you? In French)
2: Ca va bien. Ca va. E vous, ca va? (Very fine. Fine. And you,
fine?)
1: Ca va – ca va, merci (Fine – fine, thank you)
2: Ca va, merci (Fine, thank you)
1: How are you doing with the tiredness?
2: Peace only/ It’s fine
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