“Diarreted” (die-uh-RETT-ed)
Me: Did she have any diarrhea?
Moses (my translator): She says that she diarrheted once last night.
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The Rufumbira Experiment
One month working at Kisoro District Hospital in Uganda.
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Rufumbira Words
Wah-RYE = hello
eh-GO = response to warai
ARE-ee-ko = exclamation NOS
EK-ara = sit up
eh-GO = response to warai
ARE-ee-ko = exclamation NOS
EK-ara = sit up
dee-AH-mo = lie down
n'GAH-ho = goodbye
AH-ah = no
EH-eh = okay
AH-ah = no
EH-eh = okay
Chuba hee ro = big trouser, big man
Moe shkwee = malaria
koh meh rah = sorry (i.e. when you see someone fall)
ah pa nah = children
Oy ah shkwee = strong no, no way!
mwe rah goo rah = ugandan person
wee lee way = good evening (to one)
mwee lee way = good evening (to multiple)
nyaya = tomatoes
oo-may-ka = breathe
cha-nay = very
oo-may-ka cha-nay = take a deep breath
dee-are-ee = when
nyaya = tomatoes
oo-may-ka = breathe
cha-nay = very
oo-may-ka cha-nay = take a deep breath
dee-are-ee = when
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- Belly Juice
- more to come....
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- Stolen Photos V
- Bovine Intervention
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- a thousand words on why I don't care about this su...
- Office vs Lawn
- Stolen Photos III
- Don't Know What You've Got
- Frustration III: Blocked in Translation
- Stolen Photos II
- Stolen Photos I
- Messing with the mzungu
- Trade offs
- My Best Day in Uganda, Part III
- Where I Live Now
- Rwanda Genocide Memorial
- Things I Didn't Know About the Rwandan Genocide
- A moment
- Why Auscultate?
- My Best Day in Uganda, Part II
- What I Do Each Day
- The Thermometer
- Elevating my Blood Pressure
- Resident Report Addendum
- My Best Day in Uganda, part I
- The Dry Season
- HIV and gender
- Smackdown
- Frustration II
- Luggage update III
- In Defense of My Frustration
- Factoid
- ?ufumbira
- lugagge update II
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- In the OR
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- Will the dark continent never learn?
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