Problem:IOL/2017/i3/en

IOL 2017 Problem #3 Kimbundu
Here are some sentences in Kimbundu and their English translations:

(a) Translate into English (one of the sentences is very similar in meaning to one of the sentences above):
 * 12. múlóʒí mwámónà ʒìtéténbwá
 * 13. ʒìtéténbwá ʒjálà mùdjúlù
 * 14. ŋgákínà
 * 15. djálá djámónà màhónʒò mùlwándá

(b) Translate into Kimbundu (one of the sentences may have more than one translation):
 * 16. Did I sing?
 * 17. The person met the sorcerer and the friend in the square.
 * 18. My man (husband) saw the cave.
 * 19. There are sorcerers in Luanda.

⚠ Kimbundu (North Mbundu) belongs to the Bantu group of the Benue-Congo branch of the Atlantic-Congo family. It is spoken by approx. 50 000 people in Angola. w = w in win. j = y in yum. ʃ and ʒ are consonants. The marks ˊ and ˋ indicate high and low tone, respectively.

—Bruno L'Astorina