Airport & Customs

1. Ennyonyi esimbula ddi?

   When does the plane leave?

   Usage

   Asks the departure time; ennyonyi means both "bird" and "aeroplane".

   Grammar Note

   Same frame as "Bbaasi ya Jinja esimbula ddi?". The dictionary gives ennyonyi as bird; "ekisaawe ky'ennyonyi" (Wikivoyage: airport) uses it for planes. Composed from verified parts.

2. Lwaki ozze mu Uganda?

   Why have you come to Uganda?

   Usage

   An immigration question. A reply is "Nzize kulambula" (I came to visit).

   Grammar Note

   Ozze is the perfect of okujja "to come"; Lwaki is Tatoeba "Lwaki?". A phrase to understand rather than to say. Composed from verified words.

3. Nzize kulambula

   I came to visit

   Usage

   A reply to the purpose-of-visit question at immigration.

   Grammar Note

   Nzize (perfect of okujja) + okulambula "to visit" (dictionary: visit). Composed from verified words.

4. Onaabeera wano nnaku mmeka?

   How many days will you stay?

   Usage

   Asked at immigration. A reply is "Nja kubeera wano nnaku ssatu" (I will stay three days).

   Grammar Note

   The future -naa- is as in Tatoeba "Onaakomawo ddi?". Nnaku is the plural of olunaku "day". A phrase to understand; composed from verified words.

5. Nja kubeera wano nnaku ssatu

   I will stay here three days

   Usage

   States the length of stay; change the number.

   Grammar Note

   The "Nja ku- + verb" frame (Tatoeba "Nja kutambula"). Nnaku ssatu = three days (ssatu from Wikivoyage's number list). Composed from verified words.

6. Emigugu gyange tegituuse

   My luggage has not arrived

   Usage

   To airport staff when your checked bag does not appear.

   Grammar Note

   Emigugu is luggage in the dictionary. Tegituuse is the negative perfect of okutuuka "to arrive" (Tatoeba: "okutuukayo"). Composed from verified words; the negative form should be checked by a native speaker.

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