Feverish

Yesterday was my funniest Luganda mistake thus far. (Funniest mistake that I know of, anyway!) One of the sisters came into the clinic and said that she didn’t feel well. I asked her, “Olina omusajja?” But, what I should have said was, “Olina omusujja?” I intended to ask if she had a fever, but instead I asked if she had a man!!! We all had a good laugh. Well, actually, the sisters laughed first- I didn’t recognize my error. After they calmed down enough to explain things, I laughed too. :) Now I can’t ask the nuns about fevers without chuckling to myself, and I doubt I will ever forget the word “omusujja.”