Village boy Impressions

Many Bulsa seem to think that when we ask the question, "How do we say this or that in Buli?", it means they have to think back to some deep and incomprehensible Buli to say what it is. Others also believe that "pure" Buli is old-fashioned words or expressions used in a time different from ours. Neither of these ways of thinking is right. The essence of language is communication and in my opinion, language is what it is at any point in time. It can be likened to a living organism and it develops overtime by making new words and phrases, borrowing others, giving new meanings to old words among other strategies. A friend of mine in good humour, once remarked that "if we take away the French, Greek and Latin words from the English Language, it will become German!".  One of the topics that often trouble many Buli speakers is in relation to counting money or mentioning monetary figures. We therefore, continue our  lesson in numerals today by learning about mone

Hello folks, it's been a while. It seems many of us are getting tired of the word game. Today I bring you numerals. Learn how to count in Buli and how to count your money the Buli way! Ni ngaangaa! Maa puusi wai-miena ale a jam Buli karungku la. Ku a nye ase ti yega a boroa jiag kama ale wienga zamsika la. Dila nying, jinla, taa zamsi ka ba laa chiini dii Buli po la ate ti pa chiini Gaana ligra nga.  Pillimka karungku abo dela Karung kui ale sai buye la ( A-D ) bo dela Karung kui ale sai buta la ( E-H ) bo dewa Karung kui ale sai bunaansiwa la ( J - L ) bo dela Karung kui me alaa sai bunuwa la ( M -  Ngm ) bo dela Karung kui ale a sai buyuebi la me ( Ny - P ) bo dewa           Buli chiina (Counting in Buli)        Wanyi 1 One Baye 2 Two Bata 3 Three Banaansi 4 Four Banu 5 Five Bayuebi