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Lesson 5 of 10
Shops and hotels in Kinyarwanda
Open, closed, a bag, the wifi password: the checkout and the front desk. 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
- Ufite...?oo-FEE-teh
- Do you have...?
- ...iri he?EE-ree heh
- Where is...?
- Birafunguyebee-rah-foon-GOO-yeh
- Open
- Birafunzebee-rah-FOON-zeh
- Closed
- Ushaka isashe?oo-SHAH-kah ee-SAH-sheh
- A bag?
- Birahenze cyanebee-rah-HEN-zeh CHAH-neh
- Too expensive
- Nafashe icyumbanah-FAH-sheh ee-CHOOM-bah
- I have a reservation
- Ifunguro rya mu gitondo ririmo?ee-foon-GOO-roh ryah moo gee-TOHN-doh ree-REE-moh
- Is breakfast included?
- Ijambo ry'ibanga rya wifi ni irihe?ee-JAHM-boh ree-BAHN-gah ryah WAI-fai nee ee-REE-heh
- What's the wifi password?
- Nshobora...?n-shoh-BOH-rah
- Can I...?
Literally "do you have ...?".
Many shops close on the last Saturday morning of the month for umuganda, community work.
Plastic bags are banned in Rwanda, so this will be a paper or cloth bag.
Literally "I took a room".
Literally "the secret word of the wifi".