Wine & Spirits

1. Umwangashi

   Wine

   Usage

   Wine; used to name the drink when ordering or chatting

   Grammar Note

   The word for wine, distinct from "ubwalwa" (beer or local alcohol); after the connective "lya" it appears as "mwangashi"

2. Ndefwaya umwangashi.

   I want wine.

   Usage

   Orders wine at a restaurant or bar

   Grammar Note

   "ndefwaya" means "I want"; add "mukwai" at the end to be more polite. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

3. Ndefwaya ibotolo lya mwangashi.

   I want a bottle of wine.

   Usage

   Orders wine by the bottle

   Grammar Note

   "lya" means "of" and the initial vowel of the following noun drops (umwangashi becomes mwangashi); "ibotolo" is a loanword. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

4. Bushe mukwete umwangashi?

   Do you have wine?

   Usage

   Asks a shop or restaurant whether they have wine

   Grammar Note

   "mukwete" is second-person plural ("you have"); swap in other drinks. Composed from known words and sentence patterns; native review recommended

5. Ibotolo

   Bottle

   Usage

   A bottle; used when ordering drinks by the bottle

   Grammar Note

   A loanword; the plural is "amabotolo". Native review recommended

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