Category Archives: Niger–Congo

òṣùpá – Èdè Yorùbá – Word of the Day (2017-12-03)

Òṣùpá

Òsùpá je oluyipo ile-aye. Arinidaji jijinnasi lati ile aye titi de ori osupa je 384,403 kilometres. Eyi je ilaarin ona 30 ile-aye. Ilaarin osupa je 3,474 kilometres – to je pe die lo fi ju okan ninu merin lo si ti ile-aye. Eyi si je pe kikuninu (volume) osupa je 1/50th pere ti ile-aye. Fifa iwuwosi re je 1/6th si ti ile-aye. Osupa n yipo ile-aye ni ekan larin ojo 27.3 (ojo metadinlogbon ole ni wakati meta).

Kiswahili – 2017-08-30

Match the columns:

KiswahiliEnglish
Wana matunda. Today we have a guest.
Huna mipira. They have fruit.
Hawana wazazi. They have a table.
Hatuna nyama ya mbuzi. They don’t have parents.
Wana meza. We don’t have goat meat.
Leo tuna mgeni. You don’t have balls.
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Kiswahili – 2017-08-25

Match the columns:

KiswahiliEnglish
Ana maembe. I don’t have a baby.
Una machungwa. He has mangoes.
Hana watoto. We don’t have bananas today.
Sina mtoto. I don’t have a garden.
Hatuna ndizi leo. You have oranges.
Sina bustani. He doesn’t have children.
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Kiswahili – 2017-08-20

Match the columns:

KiswahiliEnglish
Wana chakula. He doesn’t have spears.
Hawana wanafunzi. You don’t have nails.
Huna misumari. They don’t have students.
Hana mikuki. We don’t have fruit.
Hatuna matunda. I don’t have food.
Sina chakula. They have food.
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Èdè Yorùbá – 2017-05-01

So, Yorùbà is a tonal language, ok. It is *not* monosyllabic, though. Not so OK :/

  • igba ‘two hundred’
  • igbá ‘calabash’
  • ìgbà ‘time’
  • ìgba ‘the season when perennial crops have the least production’
  • ìgbá ‘garden egg’
  • igbà ‘climbing rope’

 

  • ọkọ ‘husband’
  • ọkọ́ ‘hoe’
  • ọ̀kọ̀ ‘spear’
  • ọkọ̀ ‘vehicle’

Kiswahili – 2016-10-23

From Duolingo:

  • Huyu ni mwalimu wangu wa Kiswahili.This is my Swahili teacher.
  • Hawa ni walimu wetu wa Kiswahili.These are our Kiswahili teachers.
  • Nimeshamwambia yule!I already told him/her.
  • Unataka viti vile?Do you want those chairs?
  • Maembe haya yameharibika.Those mangoes have spoiled.
  • Ninahitaji kutumia ufunguo huu?Do I need to use this key?
  • Alipoteza barua zile zamani.He lost those letters a long time ago.
  • Huyu ni mtoto. This is a child.
  • Mto huu ni mrefu.This river is long.
  • Hiki ni chakula kitamu.This is delicious food.
  • Hii ni simu.This is a phone.
  • Hili ni tunda.This is a fruit.
  • Hii ni picha yake.This is her picture.
  • Huu ni mkono.This is an arm.
  • Ile ni nyumba yetu.That is our house.
  • Yule ni dada yake.That is her sister.
  • Ule ni mche.That is a seedling.
  • Lile ni shati zuri.That is a good shirt.
  • Kile ni kijiko kichafu.That is a dirty spoon.
  • Ule ni mlango.That is a door.
  • Lile ni jembe.That is a hoe.