Luganda: basic course

Title Page......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 4
Introduction......Page 9
Lesson 1 - \'What\'s your name?\'......Page 38
Lesson 2 - \'What\'s his name?\'......Page 41
Lesson 3 - \'Where are you from?\'......Page 43
Lesson 4 - \'I don\'t know\'......Page 46
Lesson 5 - \'Yes, no, isn\'t\'......Page 48
Lesson 6 - [Wangi?]......Page 50
Lesson 7 - \'Do you understand?\'......Page 51
Lesson 8 - \'Is that so?\'......Page 53
Lesson 9 - Present indicative negative......Page 55
Lesson 10 - \'is a\'......Page 57
Lesson 11 - \'What part of Uganda is it in?\'......Page 62
Lesson 12 - Talking about places in Uganda......Page 65
Lesson 13 - \"  \"  \"  \"  \"......Page 70
Lesson 14 - Morining greeting......Page 75
Lesson 15 - Miday or evening greeting......Page 76
Lesson 16 - Continuation of the greeting sequence......Page 77
Lesson 17 - Equational sentences for first, second and third person, singular......Page 79
Lesson 18 - Personal pronouns, plural......Page 81
Lesson 19 - Questions and answers with the verb [-beera]......Page 83
Lesson 20 - Oral test......Page 85
Lesson 21 - \'Where do you live?\'......Page 86
Lesson 22 - Getting acquainted, personal possessives......Page 90
Lesson 23 - A series of everyday activities......Page 93
Lesson 24 - More everyday activities......Page 96
Lesson 25 - Getting acquainted, Titles of address......Page 98
Lesson 26 - Hours of the day......Page 102
Lesson 27 - Present indicative negative......Page 104
Lesson 28 - Gettin acquainted, Adjective as nucleus of sentence......Page 109
Lesson 29 - Times of day connected with appropriate activities......Page 112
Lesson 30 - Minutes after the hour......Page 114
Lesson 31 - Getting acquainted, Ordinal numbers......Page 116
Lesson 32 - \'What is this?\'......Page 120
Lesson 33 - Perfective indicative affirmative......Page 122
Lesson 34 - Geting acquainted, Perfective indicative negative......Page 125
Lesson 35 - \'to have\', affirmative and negative......Page 133
Lesson 36 - \'There is\'......Page 136
Lesson 37 - \'Getting acquainted, Concord of numerals with nouns......Page 138
Lesson 38 - Text 1: Cities of Uganda: Kampala [Nga] \'such as\'......Page 141
Lesson 39 - Classroom activities......Page 146
Lesson 40 - Parts of the day......Page 149
Lesson 41 - Getting acquainted, [Ne] \'and, with\'......Page 152
Lesson 42 - Text 2: Cities of Uganda: Masindi......Page 156
Lesson 43 - Near past indicative affirmative......Page 160
Lesson 44 - Near past indicative negative......Page 166
Lesson 45 - Getting acquainted, Interrogative [ki?] after nouns......Page 170
Lesson 46 - Text 3: Cities of Uganda: Mbarara......Page 174
Lesson 47 - Dropping the initial vowel in the negative......Page 177
Lesson 48 - Far past indicative affirmative......Page 180
Lesson 49 - Getting acquainted......Page 184
Lesson 50 - Text 4: Cities of Uganda: Soroti......Page 188
Lesson 51 - Far past indicative negative......Page 191
Lesson 52 - New vocabulary......Page 194
Lesson 53 - \'Is the master at home?\', Presentative forms......Page 197
Lesson 54 Text 5: Cities of Uganda: Mbale. Present relative affirmative......Page 201
Lesson 55 - Object infixes with the present tense......Page 204
Lesson 56 - Imperatives......Page 207
Lesson 57 - \'Is the master at home?\'......Page 210
Lesson 58 - Text 6: Cities of Uganda: Jjinja......Page 213
Lesson 59 - Subjunctives......Page 218
Lesson 60 - Subjunctives with object of infix......Page 220
Lesson 61 - \'Is the mistress at home?\', Compound tenses......Page 223
Lesson 62 - Text 7: Cities of Uganda: Fort Portal......Page 227
Lesson 63 - Near future indicative affirmative......Page 229
Lesson 64 - Near future with object infixes......Page 233
Lesson 65 - Leaving a message. Negative imperatives......Page 237
Lesson 66 - Text 8: Cities of Uganda: Masaka......Page 240
Lesson 67 - Near future indicative negative......Page 242
Lesson 68 - General future......Page 245
Lesson 69 - Greetings after a long absence......Page 249
Lesson 70 - Text 9: Cities of Uganda: Mityana......Page 252
Lesson 71 - General future indicative negative......Page 257
Lesson 72 - The suffix [-nga] with near future......Page 260
Lesson 73 - \'Fish or meat?\' \'Let\'s\'......Page 262
Lesson 74 - Text 10: Eating schedules in Buganda. Narrative construction with [ne]......Page 265
Lesson 75 - Future imperative......Page 270
Lesson 76 - Future imperative negative (\'thou shalt never\')......Page 273
Lesson 77 - \'What a pretty place!\' Object relative locative......Page 278
Lesson 78 - Text 11: The difference between [enva]and [emmere]; the passive extension......Page 284
Lesson 79 - Subjunctive negative construction with [-lema]......Page 288
Lesson 80 - Subjunctive copula (\'emphatic pronoun\')......Page 291
Lesson 81 - \'What is there to eat?\', Quoted speech with [-ti]. Two verbs joined by [nga]......Page 295
Lesson 82 - Text 12: Eating schedules again......Page 299
Lesson 83 - Adjectives......Page 302
Lesson 84 - Negative relative......Page 304
Lesson 85 - \'What shall we eat?\', Causative stems. Object copula.......Page 307
Lesson 86 - Text 13: Eating schedules again. The not-yet tense......Page 313
Lesson 87 - The TU class......Page 319
Lesson 88 - \'Have never!\'......Page 322
Lesson 89 - \'Let\'s eat.\'......Page 325
Lesson 90 - Text 14: Travel between Kampala and Entebbe......Page 328
Lesson 91 - The verb [-were] \'amount to\'......Page 333
Lesson 92 - Duration of time......Page 336
Lesson 93 - \'Do you eat matooke?\', Compound adjectives......Page 340
Lesson 94 - Text 15: Travel between Entebbe and Kapala......Page 344
Appendix: Kinship Charts......Page 348
Glossary......Page 363