ENNYINGO (SYLLABLES)

ENNYINGO (SYLLABLES)

A syllable in luganda is made up of consonant and a vowel. E.g. bta     =      dti       =      di

C     +      v      =  s

EBIKA BY’ENNYINGO (TYPES OF SYLLABLES)

1. Cv =      d ta          =      da    g. sala

f + i = fi

g + e = ge

c + a = ca

b + u = bu

2. Cvv =      d + ata = daa eg taa

=      c + a + a = caa Maa

=      t + e + e = tee baana

=      g + i + i     = Gii

3. Ccv =      d + d + a = dda eg fee

G+ g + u = ggu  ddalu

4. Ccvv =     ddaa e.g.  ddoodo    butto

Ddoo                dduuka

Bbo          ggaali

5. Cccv =      ddwa e.g. Embwa

Ggwa

bbya

6. Cccvv =     ggwaatiro

1. i) baba
2. ii) kola
3. iii) mata
4. iv) zanya
5. v) laba
6. vi) bala
7. vii) soma
8. viii) tema
9. ix) sala
10. x) Mmere

CVV

b,     p,     m,   w,    y

(M,N)

Words formed

1. E-nto Nze       3. E-nva           4. Ntu-nda       5. Nta

Examples.

Nka-mbi,          nto-ndo,           mpa-nvu,         nko-ndo,  nyo-ndo

BREAK THE WORDS INTO SYLLABLE

1. Omulenzi O-mu-le-nzi
2. Ababbi A-ba-bbi
3. Omugole O-mu-go-le
4. Empisi E-mpi-si
5. Akamasu A-ka-ma-su
6. Effumu E-ffu-mu
7. Omuyembe O-mu-ye-mbe
8. Omulongooti O-mu-lo-ngoo-ti
9. akagaali A-ka-gaa-li
10. Olupapula O-lu-pa-pu-la