Luganda: pretraining program
by Earl W. Stevick
Part of Foreign Service Institute basic course series
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A Long and short vowels and consonants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
B How to choose the right initial vowel for a noun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
C System for representing pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
D Class concord'between nouns and other words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
E Names and numbers commonly used for designating most of the noun cIasses . . .67
F System for writing tone, and the three major tone rules . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
G Intonational differences between a statement and a yes - no question . . . . . . . . . . 97
H Symbols used where pronunciation does not match the spelling . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 111
I Juncture symbols and comma intonation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
J Linking element /n'-/'and, with'. Verb stem /-li/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
K Juncture symbol [+], 'relative' forms with the verb stem [-1 i ] . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 156
L Use of natural texts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173
M The intonation [?] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190
N Negative verb forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
O Cardinal numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
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