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A: Munaffe kabuladda olabiseko?
♫(Our long lost friend, is it really you?)
B: Eee. Ndabiseko.
♫ (Yea, it’s me)
A: Nga tusanyuse okulaba!
♫ (We’re so glad to see you!)
B: Nange.
♫ (I as well.)
A: Wuuu. Eradde?
♫ (Oh, is all peaceful?)
B: Eradde.
♫ (All is peaceful.)
A: Mmm. Nyooge?
♫ (Really, is all truly peaceful?)
B: Nyooge.
♫ (All is truly peaceful.}
A: Bali batya?
♫ (How are they [at home]?)
B: Gye bali.
♫ (They are there [okay].)
A: Iii! Banaffe, nga mubuze!
♫ (Well, dear friends, how lost[/absent] you have been!)
B: Eee, tubuze, tuli eyo ewaffe.
♫ (Truly, we have been lost[/absent], we are there at home.)
A: Omukyala ali atya?
♫ (How is madame?)
B: Omukyala gy'ali; antumye okubalaba.
♫ (She’s there [okay]; she sends you her greetings.)
A: Ali atya?
♫ (How is she?)
B: Gy'ali.
♫ (She’s there [okay].)
A: Ate abaana?
♫ (And the children?)
B: Abaana gye bali balungi.
♫ (They are there doing well.)
A: Iii! Banaffe!
♫ (Well! Dear friends!)
B: Muli mutya eno?
♫ (How are you [.pl] here?)
A: Tuli bulungi.
♫ (We are fine.)
B: Enkuba etonnya?
♫ (Is it raining [over at yours]?)
A: Etonnya n'ewaffe.
♫ (It’s raining at ours.)
B: Ooo! N'ewaffe etonnya.
♫ (Good! It’s raining at ours [as well].)