Dietary & Allergies

1. Sisobola kunywa mata

   I cannot drink milk

   Usage

   Telling someone you cannot drink milk.

   Grammar Note

   In negative sentences the oku- prefix and the initial vowel drop (amata becomes mata); amata is in the dictionary; composed from dictionary-verified words by regular grammar; native review advised.

2. Sisobola kulya nnyama y'ente

   I cannot eat beef

   Usage

   Telling someone you cannot eat beef.

   Grammar Note

   The dictionary gives beef as ennyama y'ente; the initial vowel drops in a negative sentence; composed from dictionary-verified words by regular grammar; native review advised.

3. Ennyama y'embizzi

   Pork

   Usage

   Pork; used to name a food you avoid.

   Grammar Note

   Embizzi (pig) is in the dictionary and has 31 hits in lg.wikipedia

4. Ennyama y'ente

   Beef

   Usage

   Beef.

   Grammar Note

   From the dictionary entry for beef

5. Ennyama y'enkoko

   Chicken

   Usage

   Chicken meat.

   Grammar Note

   Enkoko (chicken) is in Tatoeba and the dictionary

6. Ekyennyanja

   Fish

   Usage

   Fish as food.

   Grammar Note

   From the dictionary entry for fish; 3 hits in lg.wikipedia

7. Eggi

   Egg

   Usage

   Egg; the plural is amagi.

   Grammar Note

   From the dictionary entry for egg (eggi); 9 hits in lg.wikipedia

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