Nightlife

1. Tushane!

   Let us dance!

   Usage

   Invite a friend or companion to dance when music is playing

   Grammar Note

   Tu- is "we", and the ending -e makes an invitation, "let us ...". Ukushana is "to dance". Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

2. Inyimbo shisuma.

   The music is good.

   Usage

   Praise the music at a bar or an event

   Grammar Note

   Inyimbo takes plural agreement, so the adjective is shisuma, starting with shi-. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

3. Nshinwa ubwalwa.

   I do not drink alcohol.

   Usage

   Turn down an offer of alcohol

   Grammar Note

   Nshi- is the first-person negative, attached to the root -nwa (drink). Ubwalwa covers beer and alcoholic drinks in general. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

4. Ubwalwa

   Alcohol / beer

   Usage

   The word for alcoholic drinks in general, and beer in particular

   Grammar Note

   A noun starting with ubu- (class 14). Wine is a different word, umwangashi. Do not confuse it with ubwali, the staple porridge

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