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Ooo! Bwe kiri?
♫ (Is that so?)
Waiswa, ava mu Busoga?
♫ (Waiswa, does he come from Busoga?)
Reply #1: Yee, ava mu Busoga.
♫ (Yes, he does come from Busoga)
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Reply #2: Ooo! Bwe kiri?
♫ (Question taken as a statement)
Mukasa, ava mu Buganda?
♫ (Mukasa, does he come from Buganda?)
Reply: Yee, bwe kiri.
♫ ( Yes , that is so.)
Tuning the Ear to Tonality
Ekkanisa oba ekkereziya?
♫ (A church or a Roman Catholic church?),
Kino kizannyiro.
♫ (This is a playground.),
Lino kkomera.
♫ (This is a prison.),
Guno mugga.
♫ (This is a river.),
Kano kasozi.
♫ (This is hill.),
Lino tterekero.
♫ (This is a reservoir.)
Building Vocabulary
esiimu
♫ (a phone),
oluggi
♫ (a door)
effumbiro
♫ (a kitchen),
entebe
♫ (a chair),
emmeeza
♫ (a table),
ssabbuuni
♫ (soap)
Summary
Bwe kiri?
♫ (Is that so?)