If & The Conditional

Bwe

if

Enkuba bwe egenda kutonnya ng‘enda kusigala mu nnyumba

If it starts to rain I will stay inside the house.

Bwe mulya ennyo mugejja

If you eat a lot of food you will gain weight

Bwe twesiiga ebizigo ebirungi, ensusu zaffe zinyirira.

If we apply good moisturizer our skin becomes shiny

Mujja keerewa bwe mulinnya takisi.

You will be late if you take a taxi

Tetujja genda mu maaso bwe twesosola.

We won’t make progress if we discriminate each other.

Bwe tukola obulungi mu bigezo byaffe tugenda ku yunivasiti.

If we do well on our exams we will go to university.

If the following verb starts with a vowel…

the E in BWE drops

Bw’ofunna obudde nkubira.

If you find the time call me.

Bw’agenze mu kibuga asaana gula mata.

If he is going to town he ought to buy milk.

Bw’amata gaweddewo ntegeeza.

If the milk is over inform me.

If TO or TA follows BWE…

replace the E with O or A respectively.

Bwotofunna obudde tokikola.

If you don’t find the time don’t do it.

Bwatayogera amazima mukutta.

If he doesn’t tell the truth kill him.

How do you form the conditional (would)

Person prefix + andi + modified stem

Nnandikoze (Okukola)

I would do

Wandibadde (Okuba)

You will need

Yandikoze

He/she would do

Twandibadde

We will need

Mwandibadde

You all will need

Bandikoze

They would do

Zandikoze, Zandibadde (class 3)

They would do, they would need

Lwandikoze, Lwandibadde (class 7)

It would do, It will need

When using if in combination with the conditional, you use…

Ssinga

Nnandibadde bulungi nnyo ssinga KCCA tensumbuwa.

I would be doing very well if the KCCA wasn’t disturbing me.

Mary abantu bandimuyise muganda ssinga tabadde mweru.

People would treat Mary like a sister if she wasn’t white.

Ssinga nfuna ssente ezimalira ddala nandibadde mugagga nnyo.

If I would have enough money I would be a rich man.

Ensi yandibadde nsanyufu nnyo ssinga temuli busosoze.

The world would be a happy place if it wasn’t for racism.