Local Drinks

1. Skol

   Skol (a beer brand)

   Usage

   Use it to order a drink or to check its name.

   Grammar Note

   The ln.wikipedia article Skol calls it masanga, an alcoholic drink; as a brand name its spelling does not change.

2. Nsamba

   Nsamba (palm wine)

   Usage

   Use it to order a drink or to check its name.

   Grammar Note

   The ln.wikipedia article Nsámbá treats it as the same as masanga ma mbila, the wine tapped from the oil palm; the dictionary also gives palm wine.

3. Nalingi komela Skol

   I would like to drink a Skol

   Usage

   Use it to ask for a particular beer.

   Grammar Note

   Composed from dictionary- and corpus-verified words by regular grammar. The pattern Nalingi komela, I want to drink, takes the drink name after it.

4. Kawa

   Coffee

   Usage

   Use it to order a drink or to check its name.

   Grammar Note

   Tatoeba has pesa kawa na bapaya, serve the guests coffee, and the dictionary gives kawa as coffee; ln.wikipedia writes kafe.

5. Pesa kawa na bapaya

   Serve the guests some coffee

   Usage

   Used at home to ask someone to serve coffee to the guests.

   Grammar Note

   A Tatoeba sentence (the second half of Molingami, pesa kawa na bapaya). Pesa means give and bapaya is the plural of guest.

6. Olingi komela kopo ya soda?

   Do you want a glass of soda?

   Usage

   Use it to offer someone a soft drink.

   Grammar Note

   A Tatoeba sentence. Kopo is a cup or glass and soda is a soft drink; soda also means soldier.

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