Here's another attempt at an automated blog post. For this one I'll give you a quick lesson in Pular, the language spoken in the Fuuta region of Guinea. Pular is a very rich language with tons of interesting verbs and a system of articles. Here are some of the things I say pretty much everyday:

On jaraama = I greet you
Tanna alaa ton? = Is there no evil there?
Jam tun = Peace only
Hii-hi = Yes
O'o or O'owooye = No
Awa = Ok
No marsude? = How's it going?
No marsude seeda. = It's going alright
No marsude fota! = It's going well!
Oo-o! = Goodbye!
En bimbi. = See you in the morning.
En kiikiide. = See you this afternoon.
Si Alla jabi = God willing.
Ko jelu? = How much?
No Moyyi! = That's good!

This is how I would introduce myself in Pular: On jaraama! Ko Mr. Ben mi ineete. Ko min janoowo mathematik. Mi iwi amerik e mi hoday ka la guinee duubi didi. Ko Gougoudje mi woni.

Translation: Hello. My name is Mr. Ben. I am a math teacher. I came from the US and I'm going to live here for two years. I live in Gougoudje.

Hope you enjoyed the Pular lesson! There are apparantly a decent number of Pular speakers living in the US so if you ever meet someone with the last name Diallo, there's a decent chance that they're from Guinea and might speak Pular!

Also, check out this link where you can download the Pular book they give to PCVs:
http://www.ibamba.net/pular/

And here's a picture of me making some fresh peanut butter! That's the Sous-Prefet's wife next to me haha.