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Re: [katanda] taskinze et al.

>
> In this sentence from Lesson 22 (#35), 
>
>>   Who is the stranger giving a talk about his research in
>>      the auditorium?
>>    Batsa kibyo bufye taskinze bamwa buho di tato?
>
> "taskinze" is a case tag, right?  Would an open adjective ("taskinzu")
> also work?
> 

Yes.  In fact, it would be better, since it's less ambiguous.  "Di tato"
should also be converted to an open adjective:

    Batsa kibyo bufye taskinzu bamwa buho ne dindu tato?
    Who is the stranger giving a talk about his research in the
	auditorium?

Note that we must also use "ne" here, so that "dindu" modifies "bufye"
rather than "bamwa".

>
> There are a lot of interrogatives and also lots of words for different
> times, but how do you ask which one applies?  In other words, how do
> you ask "when?"?
> 

    Budinca kobyo kigasande?
    = When did the teacher leave?


Regards,

Rick Morneau
http://www.srv.net/~ram
http://www.eskimo.com/~ram