B:Bi
Baby (Nou): Biebi
The baby is crying: Di biebi a krai
Baby’s mother: Biebimada
She is my baby’s mother: Im mi biebimada
Back (Nou): Bak
Go and pick the fruits at the back of the house: Guh pik di fruut dem pan di bak a yaad
Backward (Nou): Mumu
He is a mentally retarded person: Im mumu
Backwards (Adv): Bakwiez or Abak
Don’t look backwards look into the future: Nuh ku abak ku pon di fyuucha
Bad (Adj): Bad or Tallawah pronounced as talawa
The earthquake was bad: Di ortkwiek en talawa
The man has bad luck: Di man hab talawa lok
Bag (Nou): Baig
The bag of sweets: Di baig aff swiit
Carry the bag and we go home: Kyari di baig anh wi guh a yaad
Bake (Ver): Biek
Bake for me the cassava and potato; Biek fi mi di kisaada an pitieta
Bake the cake in the oven; Biek di kiek ina di oubn
Balance (Ver): Balans
Give me the balance: Gi mi di balans
I balance work and studying: Mi balans wuk an a stodi
Ball (Nou): Baal
The ball is on the table: Di baal a pan di tiebl
Kick the ball: Kik di baal
Band (Nou): Ban
I am a member of the school band:
Mi a memba a di skuul ban
Mi a memba fi di skuul ban
Bandit (Nou): Bandulu
He is a bandit, take care he might steal your money: Im a bandulu, tikya im mait tiif yu dunny
Bank (Nou): Bangkin
The bank is in the middle of the town: Di bangkin ina di migl aff di toun
Open a new bank account for the government project: Uopn a nyuu bangkin akount fi di gobament prajek
Bath (Nou): Bied
I am bathing: Mi a bied
Battle (Nou): Bakkl
Everyday we human beings are in the battle field: Ebridie wi smadi pan a bakkl groun
Bar (Nou): Baar
Meet me at DMR bar: Miit mi pan DMR baar
The bar is full to capacity today: Di baar a chokop tide
Barber (Nou): Baaba
He is my barber: Im mi baaba
I am the barber: Mi a di baaba
Bay (Nou): Bie
The bay has many plants and wonderful people: Di bie hab nof plaan anh boonoonoonoos piipl
He is in a sick bay: Im eena sik bie
Beach (Nou): Siisaid
He and the family have gone to the beach to relax: Im an di fambli gaan a siisaid fi satta
The beach was so cold: Di siisaid en kuol
The beach was cold excessively: Di siisaid en kuol kyaan-don
Bear (Ver): Bier
People don’t like to bear constant criticism: Piipl nuh laik fi bier kanstan siitful pan dem
Although times are hard, we have to bear and wait for change: Alduo taim a haad, wi hafi bier anh wiet fi chienj
Beat (Nou & Ver)
Beat (Nou): Biit
My best musical beat comes from reggae: Mi bes myuuzikal biit kom fram reggae
Beat (Ver): Biit & Malamala
The criminals beat him up yesterday on the 3rd street: Dem bandulu malamala im yeside pan di toerd striit
We beat them in the examination: Wi biit dem ina di egzam
Beatiful (Adj): Boonoonoos & Priti
She is a beautiful lady:
Im a priti liedi
Im a boonoonoos liedi
My country is among the ten most beautiful countries in the earth: Mi kontri a mongx di ten muos boonoonoos kontri pan di ort
Because (Adv): Bikawz, Bikaaz, Bikaazn, Kaa, Sieka or Thru
Richo that friend in Gulu city is not good because he likes speaching ill about people: Richo dat paadi eena Gulu rimma nuh gud bikaaz im laik fi siitful pan piipl
I am not speaking with him nowdays because he always gossips: Mi kip malis wid im nou-a-diez sieka im haazwiez labrish
It’s because he is a liar that’s why his friends do not like him: A laiyad im laiyad mek im paadi dem nuh laik im
It’s because he is a thief that’s he has that business: A tiif im tiff mek im hab dat bizniz
It’s because you gossip that’s why many people do have a grudge with you: A labrish yu labrish mek nof piipl kip malis wid yu
They don’t like me because i am fighter: Dem nuh laik mi thru mi faita
They don’t like me because i speak the truth: Dem nuh laik mi thru mi taak di trut
Become (Ver): Ton
He wants to become a doctor: Im waan fi ton dakta
I knew that money would cause some of my friends to become real fools: Mi en nuo se di moni wuda mek som a mi fren ton rale bubu
Been (Ver): Ben, Min or Wen
I have been in this business for more than twenty years: Mi hab ben ina dis bizniz far muor dan twenti ier
Beer (Nou): Bier
Take fifteen bottles of beer to your friends: Tek fiftiin bokkl ah bier tu yu fren
Befriend (Ver): Frenop
They befriended Consolate and later tricked her into thinking her boy friend is bad: Dem frenop Kansaliet ah lieta fuul-op im fi tingk im bwoy fren a bad
Be careful with people, they will befriend you so that they can get what they want: Bi kierful wid piipl, dem a frenop yu tu get wa dem waan
Before (Adv & Prep): Bifuo
Adv
The leader said before, that all the roads of the town are bad: Di liida en seh bifuo, dat aal di ruod-dem fi di toun a bad
Prep
He arrived here before midday: Im kech ya bifuo migldie
Beg (Ver): Moochu
His wife told him not to beg but to work hard for his money: Im waif tel im se naa fi moochu bot tu wuk haad fi im moni
Begin (Ver): Bigin
Begin the day with prayers and follow it with work: Bigin di die wid praia anh falla i wid wuk
Behave (Ver): Behieb or Gwaan
You need to behave well to get respect from people:
Yu niid tu behieb wel tu get rispek fram piipl
Yu niid fi gwaan gud tu get rispek fram smadi
She is behaving like a child: Im gwaan laka a pikni
The school children behave well: Di pikni-dem gwaan gud
I don’t like how his wife is behaving: Mi nuh laik hou im waif a gwaan
Behind (Adj, Adv & Prep): Baka, Byain or Abak
Adj
Eleven points behind our club Arsenal: Lebm pain abak a wi klob Arsenal
Adv
Many people in the world leave their families behind to go and make money abroad: Nof piipl eena di wurl liiv dem faambli abak tu guh ah mek moni farin
Prep
The clothes are behind the first house at his home: Di klaat dem a baka di fos hous pan im yaad
Being (Nou): A bi
He like being careless and untidy: Im laik a bi pean-pean an buguyaga
Bend (Nou): Bessy, Bussu, Butty or Butu
Bend and listen to what is going to tell you: Bessy an lisn fi wa im gwain tel yu
Believe (Ver): Biliib
I believe in one God the Almighty Father, Son and the Holy Spirit: Mi biliib pan wan Jah di Aalmaiti Fada, San an di Oly Sperit
When you believe there are good things in this world, then you will stay happy: Wen yu biliib de a gud tings ina dis wurl, den yu a guh stie appi
Believe (Ver): Biliib
I believe in one God the Almighty Father, Son and the Holy Spirit: Mi biliib pan wan Jah di Aalmaiti Fada, San an di Oly Sperit
When you believe there are good things in this world, then you will become happy: Wen yu biliib de a gud ting dem ina dis wurl, den yu a guh stie appi
Betray (Ver): Sel out
Foolish people are the ones who betray their friends: Bobo smadi a di wan dem huu sel out fi-dem fren
We will not betray our friends, brothers and sisters: Wi naa guh sel out fi-wi fren, breda ah sista
Better (Nou & Adj): Beta or Betta
Nou
The better way of life is not to fight each other but to unite against the common enemy call poverty: Di beta wie aff laif a nat tu fait wan hada bot tu inite gens di kaman enimi kaal pobati
Adj
They are idiots and spreaders of false news. Those things are the only ones they are better than me in: Dem bobo anh mout-a-gram. Dem tings a di deggeh wan-dem dem a beta dan mi eena
Between (Prep): Bitwiin
Adv
My place is between Juba city and Torit town: Mi plies a bitwiin Juba rimma an Torit toun
Prep
I want to buy a car that i can pay between 900 and 5,000 pound sterling: Mi waan fi bai a kyaar dat mi kiah pie bitwiin nain onjrid an faib touzn poun talin
Bicycle (Nou): Baisikl
Let me borrow your bicycle.i want to use it to go and visit my sweetheart: Mek mi barra yu baisikl, mi waan fi yuus i tu guh anh luk fi-mi tetes
Big (Adj): Big or Mukkle
The chair is big: Di chier a mukkle
Bike (Nou): Baik
I am goimg to use the bike to go to the market: Mi gwine yuus di baik tu guh a maakit
Bile (Nou): Bail
The body uses the bile for crushimg the food: Di badi yuus di bail fi a mash di fuud
Bird (Nou): Bod
Look at those three birds on the tree: Ku pan dem-de bod pan di trii
Someone said that, a bird in a hand is worth more than two in the bush: Smadi en seh dat, a bod iina han a wut muor dan tu iina di bush
Birth Certificate (Nou): Age Paper/Ij Piepa
My Birth Certificate shows that i am forty one years old: Mi Ij Piepa shuo dat a mi faati wan ier oul
Go and get the Birth Certificate from the Town Clerk: Guh get di Ij Piepa fram di Toun Darby
Bit (Nou): Beet
Serve for me little rice and a bit of soup: Saab fi mi likkl rais an a beet aff suup
Bite (Nou): Bait
Give her that bite of the bread: Gi im dat bait a di bred
Black (Nou): Blak
Put that cup on the black table: Put dat kop pon di blak tiebl
I like a black colour: Mi laik a blak kola
Blackboard (Nou): Blakbuod
The blackboard is high for the children to write on: Di blakbuod a hai fi di pikni-dem tu rait pan
Blame (Nou & Ver): Bliem
Nou
They should take all the blame for the destruction of the country: Dem shuda tek aal di bliem fi di mash dong aff di kontri
Ver
Put the blame for the son failing in life on her: Put di bliem fi di san mashop eena laif pan im
Blend (Nou & Ver): Mixop
Nou
The drink is a blend of orange and mango fruits: Di jink a mixop fi arinj an manggo fruut
Ver
Blend the colours to bring the red, green and yellow rastafari colours: Mixop di kola-dem tu bring di red, griin ah yela rastafari kola-dem
Blood (Nou): Blod
We are one blood: Wi a wan blod
The way the members of the Brave Home Family behave shows that they are one blood: Di wie di memba-dem fi di Briev Houm Fambli gwaan shuo dat dem a wan blod
Bloom (Nou): Blow
The maize plant hasn’t bloom yet: Di kaan plaan-dem nuh blow yet
Blossom (Ver): Blasom, Blaasam or Blazam
The mango tree has blossomed: Di mango trii a blazam
Blow (Nou): Lik
He gave him a blow on his head: Im gi im a lik pon im hed
Hard blow: Beast-lik or Bulla
He gave him a very hard blow on his chest: Im gi im a beast-lik pan im chis
The thief gave him a strong hard blow: Di tiif gi im a chrang bulla
Board (Nou): Buod
I am a member of the board: Mi a memba fi di buod
Go and bring for me the white board at the corner of the room: Guh bring fi mi di wait buod pan di kaana a di ruum
Boastful (Adj): Bousi or Boasifi
I don’t have to waste my time discussing with him because he is boastful: Mi nuh hafi wies mi taim riizn wid im bikaaz im bousi
Boastful person: Big-na-du
I don’t like two things about him. One he is a gossiper and secondly a boastful person: Mi nuh laik tuu tings bout im: Wan im a labrisha anh sekanli a big-na-du
Showing off of an individual through pretends: Papishuo
I don’t trust her, she likes lying and showing off: Mi nuh tross im, im laik papishuo
Boat (Nou): Buot
Human beings should unite against climate change because we are all in the same boat: Smadi shuda inite gens klaimiet chienj bikaaz wi aal pan di siem buot
Body (Nou): Badi
The body of the car was damaged after the accident: Di badi fi di kyaar en mash op aata di aksiden
Some body parts are the head, eye, nose, stomach and hands: Som badi paat a di hed, yai, nuoz, tomok anh han
Boil (Ver): Bwail
Boil the water for the tea: Bwail di waata fi di tii
Boil the cassava for breakfast: Bwail di kisaada faar chaklata
Boisterous (Adj): Trang-mout
The school boys are becoming very noisy and indiscipline: Di skuul bwoy dem a ton trang-mout
Bone (Nou): Buon
My bone is paining: Mi buon a pien
Reggae music is in my bone: Reggae myuuzik enna mi buon
Tell them to remove the bone before they roast the turkey: Tel dem tu rimuuv di buon bifuo dem a ruos di torki
Book (Nou): Buk
Give me the books: Gi mi di buk-dem
Here are your books: Si fi-yu buk ya
A book of religious song/songs: Sankey
Give me the hymn book, i want to go for prayer: Gi mi di sankey, mi waan tu guh fi praia
Boot (Nou): Buut
Put it in the boot: Put i pan di buut
Born (Adj): Baan
Born in Africa to African father and mother: Baan iina Afrika tu Afrikan faada an moda
He was born forty five years back: Im en baan faati faib ier abak
Borrow (Ver): Boro, Baro, Bara or Baara
Borrow me six million shiilings, I will pay you back after twelve months: Baara mi six milian shilin, mi gwine pie yu bak aata twelb mont dem
Bother (Nou): Bada
Nou
Don’t bother calling him, he has already gone to town: Na bada a kaal im, im gaan a toun aredi
Ver
Don’t bother them with your talk against people: Nuh bada dem wid fi-yu siitful pan smadi
Don’t bother us, go away: Nuh bada wi, guh-we
Botheration (Nou): Badarieshan
He brings botheration to me whenever he comes: Im bring badarieshan pan mi wen im kom
He is not a good friend, he always bothers me: Im naa gud fren, im aazwiez bada mi
Bottle (Nou): Bokkl
Look here, go there and pick five bottles of water from that black table: Ku ya, guh de ah pik faib bokkl dem a waata fram dat blak tiebl
Ver
Pour the wine inside that water bottle: Puor di wine inna dat waata b
Bottom (Nou): Batam
The poor will not remain in the bottom forever, they will rise against the corrupt government and poverty: Di sufferer naa guh tan pan di batam fieba, dem a guh rais gens babilan anh pobati
Bounce (Nou): Bunks
Bounce the ball: Bunks di baal
He is bouncing on his foot: Im a bunks pan im fut
Box (Nou): Baks
How much is the box: Hou moch a di baks
Boy (Nou): Bwoy, Bwoi or Bwai
The Boys: Di bwoy-dem
The boys are singing: Di bwoy-dem a sing
He is a baby boy: Im a biebi bwoi
Most people in the room are boys: Muos piipl iina di ruum a bwoy
All of us are boys, the girls are on the other side: Wuola wi a bwoy, di gyal-dem a pan di hada said
The boy eats excessively that is why he has a big belly: Di bwoy nyam kyaan-don dat wa mek im hav bang-belli
Big-bellied boy: Pawnzo or Paanz-beli
He is a big-bellied boy: Im a pawnzo
Braggart (Nou): Bousi
When i come to this bar i don’t sit with those boys over there because they are very boastful and talkative: Wen mi kom tu dis baar mi nuh sidong wid dem-de bwoy ouba deso bikaaz dem a bousi
Brain (Nou): Brien
My brain is full of thoughts: Mi brien a fulop a taat
I am thinking a lot so that i can find different ways of making seventy million in one year: Mi kech op mi brien so dat mi kyan fain difran wiez fi mek seventi milian eena wan ier
Brazen (Ver): Flighty or Faiakiti
The boys are disrecpectful and very hard to advise: Di bwai dem a flighty
Break (Ver): Clap
Break the stick into two: Clap di juk inna tuu
Break into two: Pop
He broke the leg of the chair: Im pop di leg aff di chier
They broke his neck during a fight: Dem pop im nek ina di fait
Breakfast (Nou): Chaklata
Come and we take breakfast: Kom wi tek chaklata
Breast (Nou): Breas, Bubbi, Bobbi or Bus
He hit Prosocovia breast because she annoyed him: Im lik Proscovia bubbi bikaaz shi hackle im
Breeze (Nou): Briiz
The breeze is very cold: Di briiz a kaul
Brick (Nou & Ver): Brik
Nou
The bricks are strong: Di brik-dem a chrang
Ver
His home was build with five hundred thounsand bricks: Im yaad en bill wid faib onjrid touzn brik
Brittle (Adj): Brikl
Many old people have brittle bones: Nof oul piipl hav brikl buon
Broad (Adj): Braad
The field for the maize is broad: Di groun fi di kaan a braad
The garden is broad, this season i am going to plant many kinds of plants: Di gyaadn a braad, dis siizn a mi gwine plaan uoliip a kain a plaan
Broken (Adj): Brok, brokop or Bosop
The children have broken the door: Di pikni dem a brokop di duor
All the chairs and tables i bought last year for the restaurant are broken: Aal di chier-dem ah tielbl-dem mi bai laas ier fi di restoran a bosop
Brother (Nou): Breda or Brethen
He is my brother: Im a mi breda
I call this friend my brother: Mi kaal dis fren mi breda
My brother Kezi Richard, thank you for the teaching you gave me in my early school days in Kaabong and Kotido: Mi breda Kezi Richard, tengk yu fi di tiichin yu gi mi eena fi-mi hoerli skuul diez eena Kaabang anh Katida
What he did for me is more than what any of my brothers has done for me: Wa im du fi-mi a muor dan wa heni a mi breda du fi mi
His brothers betrayed him after he lost his government job: Im breda sel im out aata im laas fi-im gobament jab
People find it hard to trust their brothers: Piipl fain ihaad fi tross fi-dem breda
His brothers are after talking ill about him: Fi-im breda a aafta siitful pan im
Bucket (Nou): Bokit
When you reach the shop, buy for me one black bucket: Wen yu kech a shap, bai fi mi wan blak bokit
Fill the bucket with oranges: Fulop di bokit wid arinj
Go with this bucket and fill it up with mangoes: Guh wid dis bokit ah ful i op wid manggo
Build (Ver): Bill
You build your hotel near the market: Yu bil fi-yu otel nier di maakit
He told them that he built in the city: Im tel dem se im bill pan di rimma
He laughed at those who have not built in the city yet: Im laaf pan dem huu hav nat bill inna di rimma yet
He built his house with bricks from my village: Im bill im hous wid brik fram mi vilij
Building (Nou): A bill
My building is in the middle of Oleowia Syndicate town: Mi a bill a inna di migl aff Oleowia Syndicate toun
My other building is in Ontario: Mi hada a bill a ina Ontario
He has quality buildings: Im hab hai klaas a bill
Bulk (Nou): Bolk
They buy books in bulk: Dem bai buk eena bolk
Burn (Nou & Ver): Bon
Nou
Some say let the fire burn when the music becomes nice and sweet, did you know that ?: Som seh mek di pre-pra bon wen di myuuzik ton nais anh swiit, yunuo se?
Ver
They burnt the grass in the garden: Dem bon di grass eena di gyaadn
The thieves burnt is home: Di tiff-dem bon im yaad
Burst (Nou): Pop
The river burst over many of the fields in the farm: Di riba pop ouba banz a groun pon di faam
Business (Nou): Bizniz
Mine your business don’t waste your time on me: Guh bout yu bizniz nuh wies yu taim aan mi
His business of food made him okay: Him bizniz aff fuud did mek im haati
I learn everyday from my business: Mi laan evridie fram mi bizniz
Bush (Nou): Bush
Many people sleep in the bush whenever there is war in the country: Nof piipl sliip iina di bush wen waar a de pon di kontri
Thorny bush: Maka
I remember i use to hunt with my brother Frank Dera in thorny bushes: Mi memba mi yuus fi hont wid mi breda Frank Dera iina maka
But (Conj & Prep): Bot
Conj
They fought me but i won’t pay back the same way: Dem did fait mi bot mi naa guh pie bak di siem wie
Prep
Everyone in my family but my daughter doesn’t like meat: Evriwan pon mi faamli bot mi data nuh laik deddas
Butt (Adv): Buck
Meaning: To strike someone or something with a head
She butted the girl out of the ring: Im buck di gyal outa di ring
Buttock (Nou): Bati or Rass
My buttock is paining me: Mi rass a pien mi
Buy (Ver): Bai
Buy for each of them three cows: Bai fi wan a dem chrii kou
Darah Derow is going to the market in the north of Nigeria tomorrow to buy ten goats: Darah Derow a gwain a maakit pon di naat aff Naijeriya tumaro tu bai ten guot
She would have to buy a white shirt to look good: Shi wuda mos hafi bai di wait shot tu luk gud
Buy on credit: Tros
Credit me with ten goats worth fifty pound sterling: Tros mi wid ten guot wut fiti pong talin