Chapter 4: Talking About the Past
Chapter 4 Review
Review the Dholuo past tenses (ne, nyo, nyocha, yande) and the habitual -ga from Chapter 4.
🎯 Multiple Choice Review
Test your knowledge of the past and habitual tense.
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Create free account✍️ Describe your hobbies
Using what you’ve learned in this chapter, describe your hobbies to someone. Then say it out loud on Echo and get feedback from a native speaker.
Example: Aheroga somo. Nyoro nyo atedo kwon to nyocha nyo alimo japuonj.
- Start by sharing what you usually like doing: ‘Aheroga somo’ (I usually like to read)
- Mention one things that you have done yesterday and the day before: ‘Nyoro nyo atedo kwon. To nyocha, nyo alimo japuonj.’ (Yesterday, I cooked ugali and the day before, I visited the teacher).
Suggested length: up to 100 words.
🎉 Chapter 4 Complete!
Excellent work! You’ve completed Chapter 4 and are well on your way to speaking Dholuo like a native.
In this chapter you learned: more on forming the past tense and habitual tense.
Ready for Chapter 5? You’ll learn about negation, the simple tense, and more.
Speak on Echo
Answer the daily Dholuo prompt or post your own recording on Echo. Other learners listen, and a native Luo speaker reviews how you sound.
Practice speaking on Echo