Looking for a Soninke speaker to translate 20 words
Hi everyone! Hope you're all doing well 😊
I’m currently learning Soninke and, at the same time, trying to create some beginner-friendly learning materials for people like me. Unfortunately, I’ve had pretty bad luck finding translators so far… one is sick, two weren’t very responsive, and another just doesn’t have much free time.
My family helped as much as they could, but there are still around 20 words we couldn’t translate. I was hoping to print a booklet next week, so I wanted to ask if anyone here could help me with these:
- to wash one’s hair
- a bank card / ATM card
- body lotion
- a notebook
- true
- false
- a ceiling
- pyjamas
- cheese
- outside
- a toothpick
- a lid
- tableware / dishes (plates, glasses, bowls, etc.)
- a fridge
- a shell / carapace
- fish scales
- a large serving plate/tray like this, used to serve food for several people:
I’m guessing some of these words may come from French or English, and that’s completely fine with me. I’m not looking for “pure” vocabulary — I just want words that native Soninke speakers today would naturally understand and use.
Thank you so much in advance for any help 🙏