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Ugandan English, Don't be surprised:

Coming to Uganda not knowing the local language has certainly been a challenge, but even the English spoken here has taken some getting used to...


To give someone a "push" - to walk with someone to where they are going

Organize your bones and get moving - stop procrastinating

You are lost! - Where have you been? I haven't seen you for awhile!

They will drink you! - You are beautiful!

You are smart! - You are dressed SO nice!

To shift - to move from one home into another

To move - To walk

Are you there? Are we together? - Do you understand what I'm saying?

You've taken a long time minus coming- You haven't come by in a long time

I love you beyond- I love you more than I can say

Do you get? - do you understand?

Those ends- wherever you are ie. How are things those ends?

For me I don't want- I don't like that

Sleep did not touch my eyes - I did not sleep well

Out - anywhere outside of Uganda ie. studying from out

This side - Uganda

That side - The West (North America)

Do you hear that? - Do you smell that?

You have become used-you are now used to something

How is there? - How are things wherever you came from?

How is here? - How are things around this place?

I am not fine - I am sick or something is wrong

I am a little bit fine - I am feeling a bit sick

I am somehow fine - I am okay

She doesn't eat anything with blood- she is a vegetarian

Do you fear?- Are you afraid?

For me I don't fear- I am not afraid

A little bit big - medium

Big, big- very big

Small, small - very small

Good time - (said on departure) Have a good day, evening, or whatever you are doing

Flu is catching me - I think I'm getting the flu

My stomach is biting me - I have a stomach ache

These people are not serious- they are just fooling around

A shortcall - to urinate

I am feeling weak - I may be getting sick

Well done!- a greeting, saying hello

The train can be backed up - you will change your mind

I have ever been there - I have been there

I have ever done that - i have done that

Can it be? - Is it true?

Sample us something - Sing or dance for us

Reading - studying

you come and we go - Let's go!

Snaps - Photos

If my hair was as soft as yours, people would eat it like food - your hair is very soft

You are going to laugh your tongue out! - You will laugh SO hard!

Check - take a look at this! Listen to this!
...And Kind of stuff -...and stuff like that

Well Be Back - Welcome back

To chase someone from somewhere - to kick them out, to fire them

I slept late - I went to bed late last night

Ramshackled food - food that didn't turn out the way it should

From someones Journal