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Acholi Exercises Workbook

Unit 9: Family

Peace Corps Acholi Language Course

  1. Okwera onongo tye gin ki nga laworo otyeno?

  2. Bonny kono onongo tye ki nga?

  3. Lamin Bonny bedo kwene?

  4. Anga ma owaco ni lawote omyero ocit olime?

  5. Ngo ma otime oweko en pe ocito ka lime?

  6. Jo mene ma on wongo two?

  7. Lamin Okwera bedo kwene?

Exercise IX.A-2: Label the family tree below

5 3 7 9 11 14 13 An 2 4 6 8 10 12 15 17 Male Female 16

Exercise IX.A-3: Answer the following questions based on the passage in the text.

  1. Gabriel onongo twoyo two ango? ............................................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................
  2. Ngo ma omiyo ni Gabriel olego ni kidwoke gang? ....................................................................................................................... ..............................................................................................................................
  3. Tit kit tic ma pat pat ma jo ma otito ii lok aboka ni onongo tye ka timo ne. ............................................................................................................................................... .............................................................................................................
  4. Gabriel “oyube nining me kuru too ne?” .............................................................................................................................. ..............................................................................................................................
  5. lok ango ma pire tek ma inongo ki ilok aboka man am lube ki kit kwo pa jo Uganda? .............................................................................................................................. ..............................................................................................................................

Exercise IX.A-5: Fill in the missing information.

  1. Mama oceto i kilinik i ceng ____________________________________
  2. Mama obedo ki lworo pien ____________________________________
  3. Mama odwogo ma iye yom pien ____________________________________

Exercise IX.A-6: Answer the questions

a) Mama onwongo cam ango? b) Pinyo lamii tam ociko mama ni ebi lime? c) Meddo i kom aem, ngo mukene ma mama onongo?

Exercise IX.B-1: Answer the following questions

  1. Dano mapol me Awac obedo _____________________________
  2. Nying dako too man obedo nga, ki en bedo kwene?
  3. Gin ango ma Epunanci opito i poto ne?
  4. Pinyo Epunanci odonyo i gurup a mon?
  5. Pinyo Epunanci pe amitto donyo i gurup pa mon?
  6. Ngo maber ma Epunanci onongo i gurup pa mon man?
  7. Ngo ma omiyo cwiny Epunanci oloke ikare ma en orwatte ki Nora?

Exercise IX.B-2: Ask your homestay family what chores they do when and when they do them to fill

out the table

Jo ma gang Nicake odiko con paka wa cawa abiro Nicak cawa abiro me dyeceng wa otyeno Nicake otyeno paka wa icawa me nino. Mama Baba Awobe 1. 2. 3.

Anyira 1. 2. 3.

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Apwoyo matek!!!