bemba in space

Written on 4/6:

So once again we're all hanging out in the big insaka. This morning, we took our final language tests, the "Language Proficiency Interview." It's a thirty minute recorded interview with one of the testers. It's one of those tests that gets harder as you do better; the tester asks more advanced questions as you successfully answer the previous questions with as much vocab and as many complicated constructions as possible. Terrifying, right? So now we wait until Wednesday to see if we've done well enough to swear in as volunteers.

So to make the waiting easier, and to pass the time, we're watching Star Wars: A New Hope. (I love this group of people!) And there's a funny story to go with this. At the beginning when they've just recruited Han Solo and Jabba's representative finds him to hound him for money, the alien guy says, clear as day, "Muli shani." ("Muli shani" is Bemba for "how are you"). When we heard this we all cracked up, and rewound the movie to watch it again. So funny. Now I need to rewatch Star Wars to listen for more Bemba in the alien speech. :)