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Lesson 7 of 10
Meeting people in Kinyarwanda
How are you, what is your name, where are you from, I like it: the first five minutes. 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 10 Kinyarwanda phrases in this lesson
- Amakuru?ah-mah-KOO-roo
- How are you?
- Ni meza, murakozenee MEH-zah, moo-rah-KOH-zeh
- I'm fine, thanks
- Nawe?NAH-weh
- And you?
- Witwa nde?WEE-twah n-DEH
- What's your name?
- Nitwa...NEE-twah
- My name is...
- Uturuka he?oo-too-ROO-kah heh
- Where are you from?
- Nturuka...n-too-ROO-kah
- I'm from...
- Ndabikunzen-dah-bee-KOON-zeh
- I like it
- Ni byiza cyanenee BYEE-zah CHAH-neh
- It's beautiful
- Murakaza nezamoo-rah-KAH-zah NEH-zah
- Welcome
Literally "news?", the everyday how are you.
Literally "it is good, thank you".
Literally "and you?".
Rwanda is called the land of a thousand hills.
Literally "come well".