Chapter 5: Doubling, Negation and the Future

Chapter 5 Review

Review doubled verbs, negation with ok, kik and wek, and the future tense with biro from Chapter 5.

🎯 Multiple Choice Review

Test your knowledge of the simple tense, future tense, and negation.

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Using what you’ve learned in this chapter, describe your goals for the year. Then say it out loud on Echo and get feedback from a native speaker.

Example: Abiro dhi Kisumu. Atiyo atiya mondo ayud pesa.

Start by sharing the goals you have. What are some of the things you’d like to achieve?: ‘Abiro dhi Kisumu’ (I will go to Kisumu)
Mention some things that you are doing to get to that goal. : ‘Atiyo atiya mondo ayud pesa.’ (I am just working so I make money).

Suggested length: up to 100 words.

Excellent work! You’ve completed Chapter 5 and are well on your way to speaking Dholuo like a native.

In this chapter you learned: more on forming the simple tense, future tense and negating verbs.

Ready for Chapter 6? You’ll learn more about how to express conditions, obligations and more.

Answer the daily Dholuo prompt or post your own recording on Echo. Other learners listen, and a native Luo speaker reviews how you sound.