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Lesson 2 of 10
Order anything by pointing in Kinyarwanda
I would like, this one, how much, the bill: survive any counter or menu. Play the ten Kinyarwanda words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 11 Kinyarwanda phrases in this lesson
- Ndashaka...n-dah-SHAH-kah
- I would like...
- IkiEE-kee
- This one
- Ni angahe?nee ahn-gah-HEH
- How much is it?
- Fagitire, ndakwinginzefah-gee-TEE-reh, n-dah-kwee-NGEEN-zeh
- The bill, please
- N'ikaritanee-kah-REE-tah
- By card
- Mu mafarangamoo mah-fah-RAHN-gah
- In cash
- Amaziah-MAH-zee
- Water
- Ikawaee-KAH-wah
- Coffee
- Icyayiee-CHA-yee
- Tea
- ByeriBYEH-ree
- Beer
- Nta...n-TAH
- Without...
Literally "I want": "ndashaka ikawa", I would like a coffee.
Point and say it.
Prices are in Rwandan francs.
Fagitire comes from French facture.
Mobile money, MoMo, is more common than cards.
Literally "in money".
Rwanda grows excellent coffee and tea on its hillsides.
Banana beer, urwagwa, is the traditional brew.
Literally "no ...": "nta sukari", no sugar.