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A: Nva mu Amerika; siva mu Congo.
♫ (I come from America; I do not come from Congo)
B: Ova mu Congo?
♫ (You come from Congo?)
A: Nedda, siva mu Congo.
♫ (No, I don’t come from Congo)
A: Nva mu Congo.
♫ (I come from Congo)
B: Nedda, tova mu Congo; ova mu Amerika.
♫ (No, you don’t come from Congo. You come from America.)
C: Ava mu Congo?
♫ (Does he come from Congo?)
D: Nedda, tava mu Congo; ava mu Amerika.
♫ (No, he doesn’t come from Congo. He comes from America)
Tuning the Ear to Tonality
Eno ofiisi ya posita.
♫ (This is a post office.),
Eno nnyanja.
♫ (This is a lake.),
Gano masaŋŋanzira.
♫ (This is a roundabout.),
Luno luguudo.
♫ (This is a road.),
Lino dduuka.
♫ (This is a shop.),
Building Vocabulary
olubuto
♫ [lu/n](stomach),
omugongo
♫ (back),
ekifuba
♫ (chest),
okugulu
♫ [ku/ma] (leg),
amagulu
♫ (legs),
evviivi
♫ [li/ma] (knee),
Olubuto lunnuma.
♫ (My stomach hurts.)
Summary
Siva
♫ (I don’t come…),
Tova
♫ (You don’t come…),
Tava
♫ (He/she doesn’t come…)