FUN
WITH
NUMBERS

Table 2: African Numerals

1: corse

2: corla

3: kootatoo

4: kooya

5: kootano

6: koosambano

7: tambwody

8: nana

9: evwa

10: koome

11: koome emorse

12: koome enzole

13: koome entate

14: koome eya'

15: koome entano

16: koome ensambano

17: koome ensambody

18: koome enana

19: koome evwa

20: makamorly

21: makamorly enwano

22: makamorly ezoly

23: makamorly etatoo

24: makamorly eya'

25: makamorly etano

26: makamorly esambano

27: makamorly ensambody

28: makamorly enana

29: makamorly evwa

30: makomatatoo

40: makomaya

50: makomatano

60: makomasambano

70: lusambody

80: luovwa

90: lunana

100: kama

WORD
ASSOCIATIONS

Table 3: Sentences Employing African Words

Ukola?: How do you do?

Quer quenda?: Where are you going?

Pahnam bezy.: Give me some meat.

Wenda twas mona kona keamvo.: Carry me across the river.

Vo vonda ngondo.: Kill that alligator.

Sheka.: Shoot him.

Borkala.: Call him.

Weeza.: Come here.

Zola ana aku?: Do you love your children?

Inga (or yinga).: Yes.

Gogomby.: No (or, Go away).

Yala kayala.: He is very sick.

Wenda baka ganga.: Go bring the doctor.

Fuedy.: He is dead.

A canto ana yaku?: How many wives have you?

Kutatu.: Three.

Ungaya muana ngo?: Have you seen any lions?

Noka kunoka.: It is going to rain.

Wenda banga tevia.: Go build a fire.

Muany yama.: The sun is hot.

Unga gwaku wona yaku ungayi?: Are you living with your mother?

Yala: What pains you?

Ntu bwanga.: My head aches.

Nzala.: I am hungry.

Mano ganze.: My tooth aches.

Ruaka mbala.: I cut him with a knife.

A kway tukiddy?: How far away does he live?

Wuto Coonawany.: I was born in Coonawany.

Mazo Mazema.: He is blind.