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

Match the columns:

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

Match the columns:

KiswahiliEnglish
Wana chakula. You don’t have nails.
Hawana wanafunzi. I don’t have food.
Huna misumari. They don’t have students.
Hana mikuki. They have food.
Hatuna matunda. We don’t have fruit.
Sina chakula. He doesn’t have spears.
Correct answers:
KiswahiliEnglish
Wana chakula. They have food.
Hawana wanafunzi. They don’t have students.
Huna misumari. You don’t have nails.
Hana mikuki. He doesn’t have spears.
Hatuna matunda. We don’t have fruit.
Sina chakula. I don’t 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.