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Panctuation
Question mark(?) is used with the interrogatives e.g. who, why, when, what etc. They are used to end the question.
English | Dholuo |
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What is your name? | Nyingi ng'a? |
How old are you? | In jahigni adi? |
Where do you come from? | I ya kanye? |
When did you arrive? | Ichopo kara ang'o? |
When are they? | Gin kanye? |
Why are looking at me that way? | Ang'o ma omiyo ing'iya kamano? |
Exclamation mark(!) is used for command statements.
English | Dholuo |
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What has happened! | Ang'o ma otimore! |
Why don't you come! | Dak ibi! |
Who was that! | Macha ne ng'a! |
Bring it here! | Kele kae! |
Bi kae! | Come here! |
Don't joke with me ! | Kik itug koda! |
Leave me alone! | Weya kenda ! |
Quotation mark('', “”) are either double or single quotes are for quoting statements from another person or reporting something from someone.
English | Dholuo |
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He said, “I will come tomorrow”. | En ne owacho ni, “abiro kiny”. |
I said, “what is wrong?” | Awacho ni, “ang'o marach?” |
According to Obol, 'It was a sad story…" | Kaluwore gi Obol, “ne en wach marach…” |
‘It was raining yesterday’, Odul said. | ‘koth ne chue nyoro’, Odul owacho. |
"I love my children so much and I am ready to anything to make them happy", said Otieno. | "Ahero nyithinda ahinya kendo aikora mari timo gimoro amaora ma miyogi mor", Otieno owacho. |
Comma(,) is used to mark a breathing point in a sentence. Some sentences are too long to read the whole thing so we put comma to say you can breath here. It is also used to break things.
English | Dholuo |
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One, two, three, and four. | Achiel, ariyo, adek, gi ang'wen. |
This sentence is too long, we offer a breathing place here. | Wach ni bor, wa chiwo kar yueyo. |
I am Lokang, you are Otieno, and we are Luo writers. | An Lokang, in Otieno, kendo wan jondik Dholuo. |
When we arrived home, we did not find Otieno. | Kane wacho pacho, ne ok wayudo Otieno. |
Three student are absent from School, Lokang, Otieno and Oduol. | Jopuonjre adek obare sikul, Lokang, Otieno kod Oduol. |
Semicolon(;) is used to end long sentence which have comma in it.
English | Dholuo |
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In the morning I take tea and wash my face; in the afternoon I cook food and sleep. | Gokinyi amadho chai kendo alwoko pat wang'a; godiochieng' atedo chiemo kendo anindo. |
We arrived late; our bus broke down; then they made it run again. | Ne wachopo molewo; bas ne okethore bang'e olose ma oringo kendo. |
I need to sleep now; I have to wake early for the journey. | I adwaro nindo sani; onego achiew chon ne wuoth. |
Life is so hard for my family; I have to work hard in order to assist them. | Ngima tek ne anyuolana; nyaka ati matek eka akony gi. |
Forgive them for they do not know what they are doing: they are still young and learning. | Ng'uon ne gi nikech ok ging'eyo gima gitimo; pod gi tindo kendo gipuonjore. |
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