TEACH YOURSELF RUNYANKORE - RUKIGA

 Teach Yourself Runyankore - Rukiga

  By: Dick Francis Tumusiime.

THE ALPHABET

The Runyankole - Rukiga alphabet has 24 letters. It does not include (q) and (x). The letter (l) is not commonly used.

Alphabet:

a, e, i, o, u, b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w, y, z.

Letter Combinations:

aa

ai

ee

ei

ii

oo

uu

ba	be	bi	bo	bu
ca	ce	ci	co	cu
da	de	di	do	du
fa	fe	fi	fo	fu
ga	ge	gi	go	gu
ha	he	hi	ho	hu
ja	je	ji	jo	ju
ka	ke	ki	ko	ku
la	le	li	lo	lu
ma	me	mi	mo	mu
na	ne	ni	no	nu
pa	pe	pi	po	pu
ra	re	ri	ro	ru
sa	se	si	so	su
ta	te	ti	to	tu
va	ve	vi	vo	vu
wa	we	wi	wo	wu
ya	ye	yi	yo	yu
za	ze	zi	zo	zu

y - Combinations

bya	bye	byo	byu
dya	dye	dyo
gya	gye	gyi	gyo	gyu
kya	kye	kyi	kyo	kyu
mya	mye	myo		myu
nya	nye	nyi	nyo	nyu
tya	tye	tyo

w- Combination

bwa	bwe	bwi	bwo
dwa	dwe	dwi	dwo
gwa	gwe	gwi	gwo
jwa	jwe	jwi	jwo
mwa	mwe	mwi	mwo
nwa	nwe	nwi
swa	swe	swi
twa	twe	twi

m-Combination

mba	mbe	mbi	mbo	mbu
mpa	mpe	mpi	mpo	mpu

n - Combinations

nda	nde	ndi	ndo	ndu
nfa	nfe	nfi	nfo	nfu
nga	nge	ngi	ngo	ngu
nka	nke	nki	nko	nku
nsa	nse	nsi	nso	nsu
nta	nte	nti	nto	ntu
nva	nve	nvi	nvo	nvu
nza	nze	nzi	nzo	nzu
nja	nje	nji	njo	nju

More Combinations:

mbwa	mbwe	mbwi	mbwo
njwa	njwe	njwi	njwo
mpwa	mpwe	mpwi	mpwo
nkwa	nkwe	nkwi	nkwo
ndwa	ndwe	ndwi	ndwo
nswa	nswe	nswi	nswo
ngwa	ngwe	ngwi	ngwo
ntwa	ntwe	ntwi	ntwo
nywa	nywe	nywi	nywo
mpya	mpye	mpyi	mpyo
mbya	mbyi	mbyo	mbyu

PERSONAL PRONOUNS

I	We
You	You
He, she	They
It	they

There is no equivalent for each of these words.

It depends on the usage

i.e.

(a)  Followed by a verb.

(b)  Followed by a profession.

(c)  Followed by an adjective.

Followed by verbs,

(i)                  Followed by verbs.

To pray – Okushaba (present simple/present continuous)

Singular
	Runyankore	Rukiga
I pray (I am praying)	Ninshaba	(Ndashaba)
You pray (You are praying)	Noshaba	(Orashaba)
He / She prays	Nashaba	(Arashaba)

Plural
We pray (We are praying)	Nitushaba	(Turashaba)
You pray (You are praying)	Nimushaba	(Murashaba)
They pray (They are praying)	Nibashaba	(Barashaba)

Negative
I do not pray.	Tindikushaba	(Tindashaba)
You do not pray	Torikushaba	(Torashaba)
He does not pray	Tarikushaba	(Tarashaba)
We do not pray	Tarikushaba	(Titurashaba)
You do not pray	Timurikushaba	(Timurashaba)
They do not pray	Tibarikushaba	(Tibarashaba)
You do not pray	Timurikushaba	(Timurashaba)
They do not pray	Tibarikushaba	(Tibarashaba)

Okuteeka	(To cook)
Okuhumura	(To rest)
Okuruha	( To get tired)
Okuruhuuka	(To get relieved)
Okukora	(To work)
Okugyenda	(To go)
Okuguruka	(To jump)
Okuguza	(To sell)

(i)                  Pronouns followed by professions/jobs/nouns

I am a teacher	Ndimushomesa
You are a teacher	Ori omushomesa
He is a teacher	N’ omushomesa
We are teachers	Turi abashomesa
You are teachers	Muri abasomesa
They are teachers	N’abashomesa
Others:	Plural
Doctor (Omushabo)	Abashabo
Mechanic (Makanika)	Bamakanika
Farner (Omuhingi)	Abahingi
Cattle Keeper (Omuriisa)	Abariisa
Tailor (Onubaziizi )	Ababaziizi
Negatives
I am not a teacher	Tindi Mushomesa.
You are not a teacher	Tori Mushomesa
He is not a teacher	Ti Mushomesa
You are not a teachers	Timuri bashomesa
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