Monday, 6 October 2008

Some Ugandan English

Muzungu = white person
The ‘jam’ = traffic
Airtime = pay-as-you-go mobile credit
Stage = bus stop
Mangu mangu! = faster!
Boda Boda = motorcycle taxi

My favourite luganda phrase at the moment is ‘mpola mpola’ (slowly, slowly) which I say to all the boda boda drivers before getting on… my motorcycle helmet is also coming in handy as a rather fetching handbag!

2 comments:

markviv said...

Great to hear it's going well. Sounds like it's as interesting an experience as you'd hoped it would be! I look forward to reading the continuing adventures.

Michelle said...

Ava and Olivia mentioned you today so we checked out your blog.....they listened intently as I read some of your stories to them. Sounds like you are having a VERY interesting experience! Looking forward to more reading more!