Feelings and Discussions in Ateso

When answering the question ‘Biabo ijo?’ an honest answer is very acceptable (depending on your relationship to the person asking). That is why it is good to know how to express your feelings. The Ateso vocabulary for feelings is very limited which might lead back to the fact that emotions used to be considered private and not talked about much. Grammatically feelings are sometimes expressed through adjectives, whereby the form of ‘I am’ is used and the adjective is added (except for the third person singular, see Chapter X) and adjusted according to number. At other times verbs are used and conjugated the usual way.