precedes the final digit in numbers higher than twenty, abantu asatu mu babiri, thirty-two people.

njogedde) v.i. & tr. speak; talk; say. kwogera ku muntu, to talk about a person, kwogera n'omuntu, to talk with a person, kwogera kaati, to speak openly/frankly, kwogera kuno na kuli, to jump from one subject to the other; to be hesitant/ doubtful in what one says, kwogera nkulu bbiri, to be two-faced/intentionally ambiguous in what one says. Oyogedde kirabika ng'ow'e- jjanga abika. You have said the obvious, lit. like a person with chronic conjunctivitis bringing news of a death. okwogera inf,

until, okutuusa ku Lwokuna, until Thursday, okutuusa lwe nnadda engulu, until I regained consciousness. kutuusaawo (following a neg. finite verb), to that extent, that much. Tayimba kutuusaawo. He doesn't sing that well. He isn't that good a singer.

(low tone) particle used: 1) as the introductory element in the second of two closely related clauses. The corresponding English may be a verbal participle; in other cases nga may be rendered how, how much. Mbalaba nga batambula mu kkubo. I see them walking in the road. Bwe yalaba ng'akooye n'asaba okuwummula. When he saw how tired he was, he asked to rest. 2) as the equivalent of the English conjunction if. Nga tebatuuse ku ssaawa bbiri, tobalindirira. If they have not arrived by eight o'clock, do not wait for them. 3) as the equivalent of the English conjunction when. Ng'otuuse obandabiranga. When you arrive give them my regards. 4) in conjunction with bwe, meaning while, as. Tunyumye nga bwe tuwaata. Let us converse as/while we are peeling. 5) as the introductory element in a ‘not yet' clause (= neg. + -nna-). Toweereza bbaluwa ezo nga sinnakugamba. Do not send off the letters before I tell you. 6) as an untranslatable element in some compound tenses. Babadde nga bayimba we nnagendeddeyo. They were singing when I went there. (E.O.A.)

nga bwe is usually rendered as. Nga bwe batali wano, sirowooza nit tukyabalabye. As they are not here, I do not think we are likely to see them, ne bwe = although, even if. Sandi- genze Entebbe omwami ne bwe yandintu- myeyo. 1 would not have gone to Entebbe even if the master had sent me. bwe -ti, like this; bwe -tyo, like that. Kibuuka bwe kiti. It jumps like this. Toyogera bw'otyo. Don't talk like that. The rel. adv. bwe must not be confused with the copula bwe, is/are; the poss. adj. bwe his/her; or the rel. pron. bwe which. The last three are used only in association with nouns whose class prefix is bu-.

o- (mu/ba) magician, conjurer. cf. fuuka, fuusa.