John Chimfwembe

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John Chimfwembe

This is a song to teach children not to play by the railway lines.

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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

Created: 2023-07-03 Mon 17:07

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