Verb Intransitive.

MEANING.

To say, call,think, suppose.

Example of use.

Taata alafulwa ico ntiila mune, MEANING my father gets angry when I call him friend.

Uletiila pa kusosa auti….,MEANING you speak this way, saying…

MEANING 2.

To do, make(when indicating the way of doing), to be made (when showing with hands, etc..,how it is done).

Example of use.

Nga kanshi bushe mwalitiila shaani? MEANING And then how did you do it?

MEANING 3.

When.

Example of use.

Umuntu akatiila afwa, aya lengululwa kwa Mulungu, MEANING when a man dies, he will go and be judged byGod.

Kapoli akatiila aya ku cifwani, empela yakwe MEANING when the wild pig enters thegarden, that will be its end.

MEANING 4.

A way of abusinga person without pronouncing the offensive:

Catiile alikwi? MEANING Where is the bastard?

PROVERBS.

1. Batiila kafyalaneni,tabatiila kapalaneni.

Literaltranslation

It is said go and be bornof the same womb, but not that you should all be the same

Meaning

Beingborn from the same womb does not mean that people will have the same mannerisms

Bembameaning

Abantunangu bengafyalwe nda imo teekuti babe imisango imo; umo nga abipa mumisangotacilolele mukutiila nabamunyina efyo baaba. Kabili capilibula nokuti apo muliumo nga aluba, bonse mwiba ifyo fiine.

 

2. Uutilankakunaila, akakunaila.

Literaltranslation

The person who says I will cook a meal for you will cook you a meal. Meaning

Promisesmust kept.

Bembameaning

Akalayowalaile tabalaba.  Apali umunwe e pall ibala. Kabili calolana ku ushilanda fisuma ku mubiye nga talipo, ninshi limbi akasuka akamuciteifibi