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Why learn Kinyarwanda?
Communication skills developed while learning Kinyarwanda can improve your interpersonal skills in your native langauge as well. Understanding Kinyarwanda enhances your opportunities in government, business, medicine, law, technology, military, industry, marketing, etc. Analytical skills improve when you study Kinyarwanda. Kinyarwanda expand one's view of the world, liberalize one's experiences, and make one more flexible and tolerant.
How Long Does it Take to Learn Kinyarwanda?
*** NOTES *** sometimes known simply as Rwanda, is spoken by more than 90% of the population of Rwanda, where it is the official language along with English, Swahili and French. Other speakers live in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Kinyarwanda speakers will also understand Kirundi, spoken in Burundi. Kinyarwanda is a tonal language - a high and a low tone are used to distinguish meaning and grammatical features.
Kinyarwanda Alphabet & Pronunciation
[a/aː]
[β/b]
[t͡ʃ]
[c]
[d]
[e/eː]
[f]
[g/ɟ]
[h]
[i/iː]
[ʒ]
[ɟ]
[k/c]
[m]
[n/ŋ]
[ɲ]
[o/oː]
[p]
[p͡f]
[ɾ]
[s]
[t]
[t͡s]
[u/uː]
[v]
[w]
[j]
[z]
Basic Phrases in Kinyarwanda
Hello | Muraho |
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Goodbye | Muraho |
Yes | Yego |
No | Oya |
Excuse me | Mumbabarire |
Please | Nyamuneka |
Thank you | Murakoze |
You are welcome | Urahawe ikaze |
Do you speak english | Uvuga icyongereza? |
Do you understand | Urumva? |
I understand | Ndabyumva |
I do not understand | Sinumva |
How are you | Mumeze mute? |
Fine thanks | Nibyiza, urakoze! |
What is your name | Witwa nde? |
My name is | Nitwa |
Pleased to meet you | Nishimiye guhura nawe |
Kinyarwanda Grammar
Kinyarwanda Nouns
Man | Umuntu |
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Woman | Umugore |
Boy | Umuhungu |
Girl | Umukobwa |
Cat | Injangwe |
Dog | Imbwa |
Fish | Amafi |
Water | Amazi |
Milk | Amata |
Egg | Amagi |
House | Inzu |
Flower | Indabyo |
Tree | Igiti |
Shirt | Ishati |
Pants | Ipantaro |
Kinyarwanda Adjectives
Colors in Kinyarwanda
Black | Umukara |
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White | Cyera |
Red | Umutuku |
Orange | Orange |
Yellow | Umuhondo |
Green | Icyatsi |
Blue | Ubururu |
Purple | Ibara ry'umuyugubwe |
Pink | Umutuku |
Gray | Imvi |
Brown | Umukara |
Numbers in Kinyarwanda
Zero | Zeru |
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One | Imwe |
Two | Bibiri |
Three | Bitatu |
Four | Bine |
Five | Bitanu |
Six | Atandatu |
Seven | Karindwi |
Eight | Umunani |
Nine | Icyenda |
Ten | Icumi |
Eleven | Cumi n'umwe |
Twelve | Cumi na kabiri |
Twenty | Makumyabiri |
Thirty | Mirongo itatu |
Forty | Mirongo ine |
Fifty | Mirongo itanu |
Sixty | Mirongo itandatu |
Seventy | Mirongo irindwi |
Eighty | Mirongo inani |
Ninety | Mirongo cyenda |
Hundred | Ijana |
Thousand | Igihumbi |
Kinyarwanda Verbs
To be | Kuba |
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To have | Kugira |
To want | Gushaka |
To need | Gukenera |
To help | Gufasha |
To go | Kugenda |
To come | Kuza |
To eat | Kurya |
To drink | Kunywa |
To speak | Kuvuga |
Building Simple Sentences
More Complex Kinyarwanda Sentences
And | Na |
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Or | Cyangwa |
But | Ariko |
Because | Kubera |
With | Hamwe na |
Also | Na |
However | Ariko |
Neither | Nta na kimwe |
Nor | Cyangwa |
If | Niba |
Then | Hanyuma |
Useful Kinyarwanda Vocabulary
Kinyarwanda Questions
Who | Ninde |
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What | Iki |
When | Ryari |
Where | He |
Why | Kubera iki |
How | Gute |
How many | Bangahe |
How much | Angahe |
Days of the Week in Kinyarwanda
Monday | Ku wa mbere |
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Tuesday | Ku wa kabiri |
Wednesday | Ku wa gatatu |
Thursday | Ku wa kane |
Friday | Ku wa gatanu |
Saturday | Ku wa gatandatu |
Sunday | Ku cyumweru |
Yesterday | Ejo |
Today | Uyu munsi |
Tomorrow | Ejo |
Months in Kinyarwanda
January | Mutarama |
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February | Gashyantare |
March | Werurwe |
April | Mata |
May | Gicurasi |
June | Kamena |
July | Nyakanga |
August | Kanama |
September | Nzeri |
October | Ukwakira |
November | Ugushyingo |
December | Kigarama |
Seasons in Kinyarwanda
Winter | Imbeho |
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Spring | Isoko |
Summer | Icyi |
Autumn | Igihe cy'izuba |
Telling Time in Kinyarwanda
What time is it | Ni gihe ki? |
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Hours | Amasaha |
Minutes | Iminota |
Seconds | Amasegonda |
O clock | Isaha |
Half | Kimwe cya kabiri |
Quarter past | Igihembwe gishize |
Before | Mbere |
After | Nyuma |