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Da

🇸🇳 Senegal Slang
Added Jul 17, 2025 · 3 definitions
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Da definition 1

Used for 'that/it.' Also forms the verb 'to be': Da me (It's me), Da na me (That is mine).

"Da my house. (That's my house.)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 03, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Da definition 2

Placed at end of a sentence for emphasis, like an exclamation point in speech.

by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Jul 17, 2025
DEFINITION 3

Da definition 3

Da (To lie down - Dioula)

"A da ka sunogo! (He lay down to sleep!)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 06, 2025

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🇸🇳 Senegal
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July 2025

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DA 🇿🇦 South Africa

Opposisie party (Opposition party)

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Da 🇱🇷 Liberia

Used for 'that/it.' Also forms the verb 'to be': Da me (It's me), Da na me (That is mine).

"Da my house. (That's my house.)"

🇸🇳 About Senegal Slang

Senegalese slang is built on Wolof, the lingua franca spoken by 80% of the population, blended with French to create a rich urban vocabulary in Dakar.

KASINARY has 141 Senegal slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Da" Across Africa

This word is also used in 3 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

DA 🇿🇦 South Africa

Opposisie party (Opposition party)
Da 🇱🇷 Liberia

Used for 'that/it.' Also forms the verb 'to be': Da me (It's me), Da na me (That is mine).
Da 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso

Da (To lie down - Dioula)

🇸🇳 More Senegal Slang

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