Some greetings in fulfulde

When greeting somebody in Fulfulde, it’s proper to ask a series of questions, essentially about how the other person is. This can range from 2 or 3 questions to 5 minutes of questions, depending on how much you know the other person or how much respect you have for them. The response to each of them is almost always one of three things: “Jam nii,” “Jam koodume,” or “Koy dum nii.” The first and last mean “fine” and the middle response means like “really fine.” The answer depends on how the questions are asked and also how you answered the last question. Usually Jam koodume isn’t used multiple times in a row, though Jam nii or Koy dum nii can be. Also, one other thing used from time to time is “al hamdu lillaahi” which is Arabic and means “Thank God,” or “Thanks be to God” or something like that. The questions can go back and forth, sometimes with each person asking and responding at the same time; sometimes one person asks for a while and then switches; and still other times a chief or lamido will just sit there and the other person will ask him the questions. It can get quite confusing. Here are a few of my favorites, in Fulfulde and then with a rough English translation…
(Note: most greetings in fulfulde don’t use verbs, so I’ll put the direct translation and, if necessary, what it actually means)

Sannu! Hello/good day!
Mi hofni ma. I say hello to you.
Jam. Fine/hello.
Jam na? Fine, yes? (Are you fine?)
Jam bandu na? Body fine, yes? (Is the body fine?)
Jam saare na? House fine, yes?
Jam saare ma na? Your house fine, yes?
A don habda, na? Are you managing? (Can also be translated as “Are you defending yourself?”)
Jam bikkon na? Children fine, yes?
Noy? How?
Noy guldum? How heat?
Noy peewol? How cold?
Noy nange? How sun?
Noy kuugal? How work?
A don saati na? Are you hard? (I kid you not, they use this.)
Noy saati? How hard?
Noy comri? How tired? (How is the tiredness/fatigue?)
Noy sukle? How work?
A hirti jam na? You passed a good night, yes?
Noy ndiyam kadi? So then, how rain?
Noy laawol? How road/path? (This one is usually used if you’ve just come from/to somewhere)
A wari na? You have come, yes?
A nyalli jam na? You passed a good day, yes?