John Chimfwembe
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John Chimfwembe
This is a song to teach children not to play by the railway lines.
Lyrics & Social media video
TODO
words and lines
- ukwangala
- to play
- aleangala
- he is playing
- aaleangala
- he was playing
- aleaangala
- he was playig
- mu jandji
- railway / rail line
- istima
- train
- istima lyaisa
- the train come
- ukukwempula
- to slice (as in the lawn)
- lyamukwempula matako
- slice of the buttocks
- matako
- bums (plural)
- itako
- bum (singular)
- ukupunka
- to hit / to bump / to bash
- ukubunka
- to hit / to bump / to bash
- wampunka
- you've hit me / you've bumped into me
- Yamupunka ku matako
- hit from behind
- matako basenda
- the bums were taken (by the train)
- ukutwala
- to take along
- ukusenda
- to get
- batwala ku railways
- to take to the railways
- relwizzee
- railways (pronunciation)
- relwizzee aipusha
- the railways asked
- matako yakwanani aya?
- whose bums are these?
- matako ya kwa John Chifwembe
- the bums are for John Chimfwembe
expanding examples
- ukwangala
- to play
- ukupunka
- to hit / to bump / to bash
- nalakupunka
- I am going to hit you (10 minutes from now)
- ndekupunka
- I'm going to hit you now (really soon)
- ndemupunka
- I'm going to hit him / her
- walamupunka
- You are going to hit him / her
- alakupunka
- he is going to hit you
- twalakupunka
- we are going to hit you
- twalabupunka
- we are going to him / her
- balakupunka
- they are going to hit you
- balamupunka
- they are going to him him / her
- twalabapunka
- we are going to hit them
- balatupunka
- they are going to hit us
- nabampunka
- I've been hit
- nabakupunka
- You've been hit
- nabamupunka
- He / She has been hit
- nabatupunka
- we have been hit
- nababapunka
- they have been hit
- twaipunka
- we bumped each other
- baipunka
- they bump each other
- bampunka
- they hit me
- bakupunka
- they hit you
- bamupunka
- they hit him / her
- namupunka
- I've hit him / her
- nakupunka
- I've hit you
- nabapunka
- I've hit them
- wamona nomba nakupunka
- You've seen now I've hit you
- wamona nomba bakupunka
- you've seen now they hit you
- wamona
- you've seen
- nomba
- now