Every Lugbara word ends with a vowel eg nyanya = tomato(es).

Lugbara dialects like Aringa, Ayivu, Maracha, Terego, Vurra, etc sometimes interchange E with I eg e'bu = i'bu [hoe] or O with U eg ori = uri [fear].

Lugbara words are written the way they sound eg afa = property.

Nouns can be either singular or plural, but adding a number or -yi after the subject shows the difference eg ti yi = cows. Nevertheless, some words change when more than one eg mva [child] becomes anzi [children]. 

Numbers are written as follows: ogbo or toko (0), alu (1), iri (2), na (3), su (4), towi or tawu (5), azia (6), aziri (7), aro (8), oromi (9), mudri or modri (10). After 10, you add "drini [for its top]" eg 11 = mudri drini alu. Multiples of 10 are written as "kali" eg 20 = kali iri; 30 = kali na, etc. Multiples of 100 are "turu" while 1000s are "alifu" eg 5000 = alifu towi. Millions are milioni...

Present tense sentences are organised in the Subject - Object - Verb format eg Ma ongo ngo. = I'm singing a song (Literally I'm song singing). If you order the sentence like English (SVO), then it becomes past tense eg A ngo ongo. = I sang a song.

Some words have more than one meaning depending on at least three tones (Rising or high, middle, falling or low) eg ti can mean produce, cow or drip.