Lusoga

Lusoga kana Lutenga mutauro weBantu unowanikwa munyika yeUganda kumabvazuva kweAfrica.

• VaSoga vanoti mbwa (dog) kureva imbwa.
• VaSoga vanoti mbiro (race, speed) kureva mujawo.
• VaSoga vanoti mbaati (duck) kureva dhadha.
• VaSoga vanoti mbala (class, type) kureva rudzi.
• VaSoga vanoti mbala (count, ) kureva kuverenga.
• VaSoga vanoti mbalo (maths, number) kureva masvomhu kana nhamba.
• VaSoga vanoti mberi (ahead of) kureva zviri mberi.
• VaSoga vanoti mbuli kana mbudzi (goat) kureva mbudzi.
• VaSoga vanoti mpala (leopard) kureva mbada.
• VaSoga vanoti mpango (pillar) kureva bango?.
• VaSoga vanoti mwana (child) kureva mwana.
• VaSoga vanoti mwaka (year) kureva mwaka.
• VaSoga vanoti kifundwa (knot) kureva chipfundo.
• VaSoga vanoti nfa (way of dying, cause of death) kureva kafiro.
• VaSoga vanoti nkwale (partridge) kureva chikwari.
• VaSoga vanoti nhwa kana nywa (drink) kureva kunwa.
• VaSoga vanoti kanywe (little finger) kureva kagunwe.
• VaSoga vanoti tya (v. fear) kureva kutya.
• VaSoga vanoti meza kana meza (germinate) kureva kumera.
• VaSoga vanoti vaala (dress up) kureva kupfeka.
• VaSoga vanoti mahano (taboo) kureva zviyerwa. Ko hano zvariri zita rinoshandiswa pamombe?
• VaSoga vanoti funya (fold over) kureva kupfunya.
• VaSoga vanoti nzira (road, path, way) kureva nzira.
• VaSoga vanoti nyanza (lake) kureva nyanza.
• VaSoga vanoti okukola (working) kureva kushanda.
• VaSoga vanoti linda (wait) kureva kurinda.

• Mu pakududza rudzi rwemunhu sokuti musoga - native of Busoga land.
• Ba pakududza rudzi rwevanhu vazhinji sokuti Basoga - the Soga people.
• Bu' pakududza nyika inogarwa nerudzi rwevanhu sokuti Busoga Fananidza nokuti Buhera inyika yaigara VaHera.
• Ki sokuti kisoga (customs or traditions, e.g. kika, kisoga = describes religioustradition or culture common to the Soga people).
• Lu pakududza rurimi rwunotaurwa nerudzi rwevanhu - sokuti Lusoga, Luzungu, Lutenga.

• VaSoga vanoti iwe (you) kureva iwe.
• VaSoga vanoti kino (this thing) kureva chino.
• VaSoga vanoti oyo (that person) kureva uyo.
• VaSoga vanoti ono (this person) kureva uno.
• VaSoga vanoti ani? (who?) kureva ani?.
• VaSoga vanoti ki (what) kureva chii.
• VaSoga vanoti li (when) kureva rii kana rinhi.

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1. ↑ https://www.academia.edu/1816700/Lusoga_Language_Handbook