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Lesson 89 – Let's Eat

Jjangu tulye ssebo. Emmere ewedde okuteekateeka.

Come let's eat, sir. The food is already prepared.

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Dialogue

Jjangu tulye ssebo. Emmere ewedde okuteekateeka.

Come let's eat, sir. The food is already prepared.

Ooo, weebale nnyo nyabo. Enjala ebadde ennuma nnyo.

Oh, Thank you very much, madame. Surely I was hungry.

Enjala ebadde ekuluma nnyo?

Were you hungry?

Yee!

Yii! Amangu ago!

Eh! So soon?

Yee, ewaffe mu Amerika tulya buli kiseera.

Yes, we eat all the time at home in America.

Ooo, Ekyo mbadde sikimanyi.

Oh, [excuse me.] that I didn’t know.

Weewaawo.

That’s right.

Emmere yiino; jjangu tulye.

Food is here; come let's eat.

Mmere ki nnyabo?

What kind of food is it, madame?

Matooke, mpozzi n'omuceere...

Matooke, there is rice also ...

Njagala nnyo amatooke.

I like matooke very much.

... n'obummonde.

... with Irish potatoes.

Mmm.

Waliwo n'enkoko.

There is also chicken.

Ooo, bambi, weebale nnyo nnyabo. Ng'okufumbye bulungi!

Oh, I see, thank you very much. Yes, Madam. What good cooking!

Ngezezzaako, ssebo.

I tried, sir.

Omanyi okufumba!

You know very well how to cook!

Weebale kusiima.

Thank you for appreciating.

Ofumbye bulungi nnyo.

Thanks a lot for cooking.

Weewaawo.

Indeed.

Vocabulary

Ebiseera biggwayo!

The days are [Time is] running out!

Yayimba n’adda ne mu kati.

He sang wonderfully.

Twaliira ddala naye era tetwagimalaawo.

We ate excessively and still had plenty left over.

Onnindidde ebbanga ddene?

Have you been waiting for me for a long time?

Nkulindiridde okumala kitundu kya ssaawa.

I've been waiting for you for half an hour.

Tukulindiridde okumalira ddala essaawa nnamba.

We've been waiting for you for one whole hour.

olunaku lulamba

one whole day

ennaku bbiri nnamba

two whole days

wiiki emu nnamba

one whole week

wiiki bbiri nnamba

two whole weeks

omwezi mulamba

one whole month

emyezi ebiri miramba

two whole months

omwaka mulamba

one whole year

emyaka ebiri miramba

two whole years