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Lesson 93 – Compound Adjectives

B: Maama, bagamba nti ova mu Amerika! ♫ (Madame, they say that you come from America.)
A: Yee ssebo, nva mu Amerika. Mmaze yo emyaka ng'ena nga nsoma. ♫ (Yes, sir, I come from America. I have spent about four years there studying.)
B: Emyaka ena gyonna? ♫ (Four whole years?)
A: Eee. ♫ (Yes)
B: Iii! Obadde olya ki mu Amerika? ♫ (Oh! What have you been eating in America?)
A: Mbadde ndya mmere gye balina. ♫ (I have been eating the food that they have.)
B: Bagamba nti tebalina matooke. ♫ (They say that they don't have matooke.)
A: Amatooke tebagalina. Naye balina emmere nkumu endala nnyingi, nnyingi nnyo! ♫ (They do not have matooke. But they have lots and lots of other food.)
B: Esinga amatooke? ♫ (Is it better than matooke?)
A: Teri kisinga matooke. Naye balina obummonde n'omuceere. Balya nnyo nnyo n'ennyama. ♫ (Nothing is better than matooke. But, they have Irish potatoes and rice. And they eat a lot of meat.)
B: Ee, nnyama, nnyama ya ki? ♫ (I see, What kind of meat?)
A: Ey'ente n'ey'embizzi n'ey'enkoko. Kwegamba ennyama eya buli ngeri. Ka ŋŋambe bwe ntyo okuggyako obummonde n'omuceere. ♫ (Beef, pork and chicken. That is to say, all kinds of meat. Let me put it that way except the small potatoes and rice.)
B: Mmm, mmere ki endala gye balina okuggyako obummonde n'omuceere? ♫ (Mmm. What other kind of food do they have apart from the Irish potatoes and rice?)
A: Emmere endala ... nva okusinga. ♫ (Other food ... they have mainly stews.)
B: Nva ki? ♫ (What kind of stews)
A: Nga ze tulina wano ewaffe kumpi: emboga, ennyaanya, 'carrots', 'turnips' n'enva endala. ♫ (Almost like those we have here at home: cabbages, tomatoes, carrots, turnips and others.)
B: Byonna bya Luzungu? ♫ (All of them are in English?)
A: Byonna bya Luzungu. ♫ (All of them are in English.)
B: Mmm. ♫ (Alright.)
A: Mmm.