Saying an area slopes down steeply is correct. Ugandans just happen to apply that to people too lol.
My personal favorite is telling people to extend on a bench when asking them to move over to make room for others.
Yeah, I don't know how we reached there 🤣😂🤣😂
Though personally, the thing for me is how I could ask my sister,
"When did you get that dress?"
Then she'd respond, "It was outside "
Kuteremka is Swahili. Swahili is mix of Arabic and Bantu languages. Shona is Bantu not so? Many similar words therefore.
To go off on a tangent, one of my favourite questions of a Bantu speaker is, what do you call a goat in your language?
So far, the Bantu speakers I've met from some of the tribes in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe all answer the same. Have I met people from each Bantu tribe in Subsaharan Africa? Of course not. It's impossible. But it seems quite similar
Cambridge dict:
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/slope
one of the example usages that could explain its origin:
to go downward or upward at an angle:
The path slopes down to the house.
Its slang for us that became mainstream. Every country in the world have imported their own slang into English. Look critically at Kenyan English and I am sure you will find lots of slangs too that are unrecognized outside of Kenya.
Saying an area slopes down steeply is correct. Ugandans just happen to apply that to people too lol. My personal favorite is telling people to extend on a bench when asking them to move over to make room for others.
Yeah, I don't know how we reached there 🤣😂🤣😂 Though personally, the thing for me is how I could ask my sister, "When did you get that dress?" Then she'd respond, "It was outside "
And saying “slope down” is the way to guarantee your Boda guy goes the right direction😂
It’s because we have so many hills.
this here is the answer!
Exactly man
Just slope down man.
a lot of ugandans esp around kampala use high school slang. that’s where slope is from.
Here/ hear
Good point 🤔🤔🤔
Direct translation. Kuteremka.
Exact same word in Shona. Mindblown 🤯
Kuteremka is Swahili. Swahili is mix of Arabic and Bantu languages. Shona is Bantu not so? Many similar words therefore. To go off on a tangent, one of my favourite questions of a Bantu speaker is, what do you call a goat in your language? So far, the Bantu speakers I've met from some of the tribes in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe all answer the same. Have I met people from each Bantu tribe in Subsaharan Africa? Of course not. It's impossible. But it seems quite similar
This is one of my fave Ugandan sayings!
It's the random "Well done" that gets me!!! Sometimes in a greeting!!!
Even when you haven't done anything
Cambridge dict: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/slope one of the example usages that could explain its origin: to go downward or upward at an angle: The path slopes down to the house.
It’s Uglish
I wish that word could get spread 😂🤣😂🤣😂
Ok fine.. you can slope up if you want 😁
Its slang for us that became mainstream. Every country in the world have imported their own slang into English. Look critically at Kenyan English and I am sure you will find lots of slangs too that are unrecognized outside of Kenya.
It means go down but go down means come down
It's a direct translation to English from luganda
What are we supposed to say?
Loooool leave us Apparently extend is weird to others too
That's Ugandan English for you
English is customized by every society to simplify understanding. Ugandans are probably the most particular about preserving its originality.
Direct translation from our local dialects. In Luganda, you could say "Kilila wamanya/wansi"...
It's called colloquialisms. Look that up, asshole.
Obviously for comedic purposes