Directions

Ddyo

Right

Kkono

Left

Maaso

Front / Forward

Emabega

Back / Behind

Waggulu

Up / Above

Wansi

Down / Below

Wabiro

Near / Close

Ewala

Far / Away

Ekibiina

North

Obukiika

South

Olubangabunga

East

Obuterevu

West

Olugendo

Way / Route

Oluguudo

Road / Street

Okomeka

To turn

Ogenda otya?

How do you get there?

Ekitanda

Market

Mu maaso

Straight ahead

Ku bbali

Beside / Next to

Mu nsi

Underneath

Waakiri

Here

Wali

There

Emitala

Other side / Across

Oluguudo lwa

Follow the road

Wangu

Quickly / Hurry

Mu bukiiko

At the junction

Mu ddakiika

At the roundabout

Mu kkubo

On the road/path

Mu kifo

At the place/location

Wansi w’omuziro

Below the hill

Waggulu w’omuziro

Above the hill

Mu katono

In the corner

Mu mitala

At the edge

Mu katono ka kkubo

At the corner of the road

Mu nsi y’ekibuga

In the city centre

Mu katono ka ddyo

At the left corner

Mu katono ka kkono

At the right corner

Mu mitala gya ddyo

At the left edge

Mu mitala gya kkono

At the right edge

Mu kitundu

In the middle

Mu ntikko

At the end/tip

Mu nsi y’akawuka

In the countryside

Mu nnyanja

On the lake

Mu kifo ky’ebyuma

At the mechanical site/garage

Mu kifo ky’ebyuma ekirala

At the other garage

Mu mukolo

At the event/ceremony

Mu sitiimu

On the steamship/boat

Mu kifo ky’ettaka

On the ground

Mu kifo ky’amazzi

In the water

Mu kibuga kitali kireeta

In a remote village

Mu kifo ky’amaanyi

At the stronghold

Ku mpata

At the valley

Ku mutendera

At the slope

Okudda waggulu

To climb up

Okugenda wansi

To go down

Okugenda mu nnaku

To proceed straight

Okweŋŋa ku ddyo

To turn left

Okweŋŋa ku kkono

To turn right

Okudduka ku kkubo

To cross the road

Okukozesa akalulu

To use a shortcut

Okulambula

To explore / to navigate

Okufuna omugga

To find the way

Okusaba amagezi g’omugga

To ask for directions

Okudduka mu bwegendereza

To pass by

Okulaba ku kibuga

To overlook the town

Okudda ku mbaga

To return to the starting point

Okukyuka mu maaso

To move forward

Okukyuka waggulu

To move upwards

Okukyuka wansi

To move downwards

Okunywera ku ddyo

To veer left

Okunywera ku kkono

To veer right

Okugenda mu nnyanja

To travel on water

Okudda mu maaso

To come forward

Okuleka ku ddyo

To leave to the left

Okuleka ku kkono

To leave to the right

Okutambula mu kifo ky’akawuka

To walk in the remote area

Okutambula mu maaso ga kkubo

To walk along the road

Okweŋŋa ku nsalo

To turn around

Okudda waggulu ebiseera

To go uphill

Okugenda wansi ebiseera

To go downhill

Okudda mu ntikko

To go to the end

Okugenda mu bbugumu

To go around

Okudda mu kifo ky’akagonjo

To go to the corner

Okugenda mu bbugumu bw’amazzi

To go around the water body

Okubba mu kifo

To be inside

Okuba waggulu w’akagonjo

To be above the corner

Okuba wansi w’akagonjo

To be below the corner

Okuba wakati mu bintu

To be between things

Okuba wakati mu bantu

To be among people

Okudda mu bukiiko obw’akawuka

To return to a small junction

Okukyuka mu bukiiko

To turn at the junction

Okukyuka mu ddakiika

To turn at the roundabout

Okudda wansi w’omugga

To go downstream

Okudda waggulu w’omugga

To go upstream

Okugenda mu ngeri ya zigzag

To go zigzag

Okugenda mu ngeri ya ddagonali

To go diagonally

Okugenda mu ngeri ya sideways

To go sideways

Okutambula waggulu ku mutendera

To walk uphill on the slope

Okutambula wansi ku mutendera

To walk downhill on the slope

Okutambula mu maaso ga ddyo

To walk forward to the left