Learn Lulogooli, Maragoli Language

Maragoli language or Lulogooli also Lulogoli or L’logoli is the tongue of Maragoli, one of the larger houses of mulembe. Learn how to speak Maragoli language with our our free lessons in Maragoli language;  stories on Maragoli culture that harness the richness of L’logoli in their narrative; our continuous search for the meaning of different Maragoli proverbs and sayings; and if your Kimaragoli is already good enough, sharpen and challenge yourself with our continuing coverage. Get started with our mega post: Learn Maragoli Online: The Mulembe Nation list of 60+ common Maragoli words, their translation and meaning

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14 common Maragoli phrases to spice up your speech sound like a proper Mulogooli

Learn how to speak Maragoli with us! Today, we’ve curated a list of 14 common Maragoli phrases to spice up your speech, and sound like a ‘proper’ Mulogooli. Remember to pair this lesson with our free lessons on learning to speak Luhya. Not only will revisiting these resources on learning Luhya help reduce attrition of

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How to say beautiful in Maragoli language: The complete starter pack – from smooth operator vibes that back in the day confused our mothers, to killer pickup lines that still break ice in modern dating

How to say beautiful in Maragoli language. 25+ different ways to describe all kinds of beauty in all ways: playful, flirty, honorable and even sensual words and phrases. The most widely used and possibly universally understood description of a beautiful woman in Luhya is “omukhasi eshiombo”. I say this whilst hiding. This is because the

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How to threaten someone in Maragoli – Growing up uvurogori, these are words your didn’t want to hear a peer utter while down in the herding fields

Next time someone who speaks lulogooli doesn’t take you seriously, and you need to make them reconsider their stance, look no further. We got you covered. This is how to threaten someone in Maragoli in more than 19 different ways. Editor’s Note: Content for cultural and educational purposes only. Related articles: How to threaten someone

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Feeling out of your depth? This Maragoli saying ‘mbe mwiga muturi’ is the perfect comfort, helping you regain control and confidence

It’s happened to most of us, feeling out of your depth. If it’s yet to happen, trust me when I say it’s a fact of life. What some have labeled as the impostor syndrome or impostor phenomenon or fraud syndrome is part of growth in life. Lucky, as we’ve come to learn, we can always

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Learn Luhya online: The Luhya Lingala connection – 22 different words, four tongues, similar sound, same meaning

Gather your loved ones. Here’s yet another of our absolutely free lessons through which you get to learn how to speak Luhya. Ile ya kuomba maji. This time, we meet 20+ Luhya Lingala word pairings whose construction, meaning and pronunciations are somewhat, if not completely, similar. 20+ diverse and interesting Luhya Lingala word pairings The

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Guka Bainito words of wisdom: Maganda mu chandangu – Of beans and second chances

Guka Bainito words of wisdom tell of the importance of a special area in a Maragoli home, chandangu, to the spirit of the home. As always, he also blesses us with snippets of sneaky wisdom. Many of you consider sprouted beans as ‘having gone bad’. At best, you’ll toy briefly whether they are any good

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How To Say Thank You In Maragoli: 6 Unique and Fit For Occasion Words and Phrases

You asked, “How does one say thank you in Maragoli?” We’ve answered with six unique ways that will have you covered in any situation or occasion. Speakers of other Luhya dialects might disagree, but Lulogooli/ Lulogoli/ Llogoori/ KiMaragoli/ Maragoli is one of the easiest languages to learn, especially for Bantu speakers. One can say that

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Learn Maragoli online: The Mulembe Nation starter pack of 70+ common Maragoli words translation and meaning

We saw how some Maragoli words have similar pronunciation and meaning with Kinyarwanda words. Moreover, we have also explored a clutch of Maragoli words that sound like Kinyarwanda words, but mean different things. Today, we go pure Kimaragoli, Uloogoli, L’logoli or Maragori if you like. We have curated a list of 60+ common Maragoli words

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Ultimate List Of Kinyarwanda – Lulogooli Words That Sound The Same But Mean Different Things

In our previous post on the Kinyarwanda and Maragoli connection, we traced the roots of these two East African Bantu languages spoken by a combined over 15 million East Africans to that point before the great divergence in central Africa. Today, we highlight what the two languages, Lulogooli and Kinyarwanda, carried with themselves. Our focus

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