‘Introducing Yourself’
Kwivuga [kwee-voo-gah]
What will words that have the prefix Ku and Gu end in?
They will end with ‘a’
What is the word for ‘to watch’/’to look’?
Kureba [koo-reh-bah]
What is the word for ‘to learn’/’to study’?
Kwiga [kwee-gah]
What is the word for ‘to hope’?
Kwizera [kwee-zeh-rah]
What is the word for ‘to win’?
Gutsinda [goo-tseen-dah]
What is the word for ‘to work’
Gukora [goo-koh-rah]
What happens to a word when the prefix is Ku but the next letter is a vowel?
The Ku changes to Kw
What happens to a word when the prefix is Gu?
The next letter is a strong consonant which are: s, f, k, t, c, h and p
What is the word for ‘to see’
Kubona [koo-boh-nah]
What is the word for ‘to add’?
Kwongera [kwoh-ngeh-rah]
What is the word for ‘to drink’/to read’?
Gusoma [goo-soh-mah]
What is the word for ‘to talk’?
Kuvuga [Koo-voo-gah]
What is the word for ‘to steal’?
Kwiba [kwee-bah]
What is the word for ‘To pray’?
Gusenga [goo-sen-gah]
What is the word for ‘to be born’
Kuvuka [koo-voo-kah]
What is the word for ‘to feel’
Kumera [koo-meh-rah]
How would I say ‘Me I am called Nolan’
Njyewe nitwa [n-jyeh-weh nee-twah] Nolan
What’s the word for ‘first name’
Izina Rya Mbere [ee-zee-nah rya mbeh-reh]
What is the word for ‘to be called’?
Kwitwa [Kwee-t-kwa] - the prefix kw changes depending on the relevant pronoun
How do you say ‘What is your name?’ and what’s the response? And how would you ask the same?
Witwa nde? [weet-wah n-deh]
response
Nitwa [Name] (My name is…) then Mwebwe mwitwa bande [mweb-weh mweet-wah bahn-deh] (What’s your name?)
What’s the word for Human/Humans?
Human = Umuntu [oo-moo-noo]
Humans = abantu [ah-bah-noo]
What’s the word for Child/Children?
Child = Umwana
Children = Abana
What’s the word for Girl/Girls?
Girl = Umukobwa
Girls = abakobwa
