Kigezi kiri mu maserengeta ga Uganda.
Kigezi is in the south of Uganda.
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Dialogue
Kigezi kiri mu maserengeta ga Uganda.
Kigezi is in the south of Uganda.
Bugisu kiri mu buvanjuba bwa Uganda.
Bugisu is in the east of Uganda.
Acholi kiri mu mambuka ga Uganda.
Acholi is in the north of Uganda.
A: Gulu kibuga, oba nsi?
A: Gulu is a town or a region?
B: Gulu kibuga.
B: Gulu is a town.
A: Kiri mu mambuka ga Uganda?
A: Is it in the north of Uganda?
B: Yee, kiri mu mambuka ga Uganda, kiri mu Acholi.
B: Yes, it’s in the north, it’s in Acholi.
A: Mbale kiri ludda wa?
A: Where is Mbale?
B: Mbale kiri mu Bugisu.
B: Mbale is in Bugisu.
Tonality
Kino kiki?
What is this?
Kitabo.
It’s a book.
Kkalaamu.
It’s a pencil.
Mmeeza.
It’s a table.
Kkalaamu ya bwino.
It’s a pen.
Kafumu ka bwino.
It's a pen.
Fuuti.
a ruler
Akati.
a stick
Vocabulary
kigere
a foot
bigere
feet
kitengi
an African print cloth
bitengi
African print cloths
kinaabiro
a bathroom
binaabiro
bathrooms
Summary
A: Mbarara kibuga, oba nsi?
A: Is Mbarara a town, or a region?
B: Kibuga mu Uganda.
It is a town in Uganda.
A: Kiri ludda wa?
Where is it?
B: Kiri mu Ankole.
It's in Ankole.
A: Ankole kiri mu bukiika ki obwa Uganda?
What region/part of Uganda is Ankole in?
B: Kiri mu bugwanjuba.
It's in the west.
Notes
- Context: Districts are often named after major towns.
- Tonality: Note that sentence construction and tonality can indicate a question.