Home sweet Home

We’re in Manow! From Dar we went to Tukuyu and stayed the night in Longbosse hotel. I crushed on the hotel worker Joshua. Adorable. We met Jacob the teacher at Manow and he has great English. Tuesday we shopped at the market in Tukuyu. Got cucumbers, carrots and apples we can’t get in Manow or Lwangwa. Took a bumpy two hour ride to Manow and it was beautiful. The mountains and landscape and trees and thatched roofed huts are so picturesque, I feel like I’m a character in the Swiss Family Robinson! We arrived and Henry in our car is a doctor in Itetete at the hospital and has ok English. I’ll meet Klaus and Carina (she’s a German doc) so that will be good. Liz and I went on a good run and I’m learning greetings. “Za jioni” for adults or peers and “Shikamo” for 5 years or older. Reply that with “Mara haba” if they do it to me. Little kids, “Njambo…Sijambo” and peers “Nambowizi” and reply with “Poe.”

Ngwatika-house help, sews and washes linens. Her son will be in my class…Godlove. Yesterday, Wednesday, we painted the inside house. Looks great! Listened to Liz’ fun music like the Beatles and “You’ve got that Lovin Feeling.” We went to Lwangwa and I bought tomatoes four different times to practice. “Nya nya, shillingi ngapi.” Tomatoes, how much?

Wow it’s difficult for me. Liz was assisting me, Nancy for Marty. I just accept that Marty and I will be taken advantage of, we’ll overpay and we’ll budget over each time. :) Here are numbers:

1-moja, 2-mbili, 3-tatu, 4-nne, 5-tano, 6-sita, 7-saba, 8-nane, 9-tisa, 10-kumi. 200-miambili. On our second run, yesterday with Liz I learned more words: ruka-to jump, kukimbia-to run, kukaa-to sit/stay

To conjugate: kukimbia

(I) ni na kimbia (we) tu na kimbia
(you) u na kimbia (ya’ll) m na kimbia
(he/she/it) a na kimbia (they) wan a kimbia

Na-present
li-past
-future

Jacob visited and we got our kids’ applications. We have a bunch of 18 year olds! Ahh but most are 15. Not what I expected. I hoped for 13 year olds. I hope they listen to me. And Jacob says this to say goodnight, “usiku mwema.”

Where’s the house of Kai? = nyumba ya Kai iko wapi?

Mwalimu-teacher mwalimu -> walimu-teachers

Mwanafunzi-student

Mia-100

Elfumoja-1000

Elfukumi-10,000

Lakimoja-100,000

10 kumi

100 mia (moja)

1000 elfu (moja)

10,000 elfu kumi moja?

100,000 laki moja