#separator:tab #html:false #columns:Front Back #deck:LinguaCommons::Kinyarwanda (from English) muraho hello (formal) bite hi / how are you? murakoze thank you murakoze cyane thank you very much yego yes oya no mfashe please / help me murakaza neza welcome amahoro peace / hello nibyo that's right nta no / not / none bwana sir / Mr. nyakubahwa honourable inshuti friend umuryango family / door ababyeyi parents se father nyina mother mukuru elder / older sibling murumuna younger sibling umugabo man / husband umugore woman / wife umwana child abana children umuntu person abantu people undi other / another buri every / each wa of (possessive) ni is / am / are na and / with ariko but / however kuko because kugira ngo in order to niba if igihe time / when none now / so rero therefore mbere before / first nyuma after / behind hafi near / almost kure far hino here hariya there aho there / where iki this / what? icyo that uyu this (person) uwo that (person) aba these (people) izo those gute how? nde who? he where? ryari when? kuki why? angahe how many? kumva to hear / understand / feel kuvuga to speak / say gusobanura to explain kwandika to write gusoma to read kwiga to study / learn gukora to work / do kuva to come from / leave kuja to come kugenda to go / walk gutura to live / reside kuririmba to sing kurarika to sleep kuzinduka to wake up gufata to take / hold / catch guha to give kubona to see / find / get kureba to look / watch gusobanukirwa to understand well kwibuka to remember kurima to farm / cultivate kugura to buy kugurisha to sell kurya to eat kunywa to drink gufungura to open / have a meal gufunga to close / lock kuvoma to fetch water guteka to cook kwambara to wear / dress kubara to count gutanga to give / offer / start gusaba to ask / request gusubiza to answer / reply kuganira to discuss / chat guseka to laugh kurira to cry / flow gutinya to fear gukunda to love / like gutekereza to think kwizera to trust / believe guhangayika to worry gutunga to own / possess gusabana to borrow / share ubwenge intelligence / wisdom imbaraga strength / energy ubuzima health / life indwara disease / illness umubiri body umutwe head amaso eyes amatwi ears inyonga hand amaguru legs / feet umunwa mouth inzara hunger inyota thirst imana God isengesho prayer itorero church icyumweru week ukwezi month umwaka year uyu munsi today ejo yesterday / tomorrow ejo hashize yesterday ejo hazaza tomorrow ubu now / currently noneho right now amasaha hours / time mu gitondo in the morning nijoro at night nimugoroba in the evening umuriro fire / fever amazi water ibyokurya food inzoga beer / alcohol amata milk isukari sugar umunyu salt ibiryaro vegetables imbuto seed / fruit uburo sorghum / millet ibiharage beans ibirayi potatoes inshyushyu hot pepper inyama meat ifi fish (pl.) ikijumba sweet potato ubugari ugali / porridge ameza table inzira path / road umuhanda road / street imodoka car bisi bus indege airplane / bird umudugudu village umujyi city / town iwacu our home inzu house / building ikiraro bridge isoko market ibitaro hospital ishuri school kaminuza university leta government / state perezida president minisitiri minister polisi police itegeko law / rule iterambere development / progress ubukungu economy amafaranga money banki bank akazi work / job umushahara salary umurimo profession / work uburere upbringing / education ubumenyi knowledge / science ubushakashatsi research intego goal / aim icyizere hope / trust amahirwe opportunity / luck ibibazo problems / questions ibisubizo answers / solutions icyemezo decision / certificate amategeko laws / rules ingufu force / power umurenge sector (admin.) akarere district igihugu country / nation Afrika Africa Rwanda Rwanda Kigali Kigali (capital) umuganda community work gahunda program / plan imbere future / front ikibazo problem / question igisubizo answer / solution amahoro peace ubwiyunge reconciliation umuvuduko speed inkuru story / news radio radio televiziyo television telefoni telephone / phone interineti internet mudasobwa computer ibaruwa letter / email ubutumwa message igitabo book ikinyamakuru newspaper ubuyobozi leadership / management kuvumbura to discover guhuza to connect / unite gusubira to return gutangira to begin kurangira to finish / end gukomeza to continue guhagarara to stop kugira to have / be kubaho to exist / live kuzuka to rise / be reborn gupfa to die kuvuka to be born / sprout gutera to plant / attack gufasha to help / assist kubaka to build gutwara to carry / drive kohereza to send kwakira to receive / accept gufatanya to cooperate kwiyemeza to decide guhitamo to choose gusuzuma to examine / check gukura to grow / develop kwibagirwa to forget gutandukana to separate kuvugana to agree / consult gukemura to solve gucunga to manage kwita ku to take care of kwishimira to enjoy / be glad gushimira to thank / appreciate ukuri truth ibinyoma lies amashanyarazi electricity amazi meza clean water imvura rain ikiyaga lake uruzi river umusozi mountain / hill ubutaka land / soil igiti tree umurima farm / field gukoresha to use / employ gutunganya to organise kuronka to get / obtain kwiyongera to increase / grow kugabanuka to decrease gutakaza to lose kwinjira to enter gusohoka to exit kuruha to get tired kupumuka to rest gukiza to heal / save kubaza to ask / inquire kwemera to agree / accept kwanga to refuse / dislike gushiraho to establish izina name ubushobozi ability / capacity ubutwari courage ubumwe unity ubutabera justice ukwemera faith / belief urukundo love amizero hope / optimism agaciro value / dignity uburinganire equality ubumuntu humanity inka cow ihene goat ingurube pig inkoko chicken imbwa dog ifu flour umusatsi hair imyenda clothes inkweto shoes ingofero hat / cap umurimyi farmer intwali hero / brave person urugamba struggle / journey amakuru news / greetings umushyikirano dialogue / consultation ubwoko type / kind / ethnicity isoko market / source imyaka crops / age / years ubworozi livestock / animal rearing umuryango family / clan ubuvandimwe brotherhood / kinship imbuga nkoranyambaga social media inyandiko document / text / writing serivisi service sosiyete company / society igikorwa activity / action umubano relationship / neighbourhood amajyambere advancement / progress ishoramari investment imari finance ubucuruzi commerce / trade iminsi days impapuro paper / documents inzego levels / structures intara province umugabane district area agace small area / cell umugi city / town isi earth / world uko bimeze as it is / the situation ubuzima bwiza good health amatangazo announcements / ads imbugabugwa software / app umukuru leader / elder / head ubuhamya testimony / evidence inshuti za hafi close friends akazi ka leta government job ubushakashatsi bwa siyansi scientific research gutsinda to win / to overcome guhangana to face / to confront gufatwa to be caught / arrested guhabwa to be given kwandikwa to be written gusomwa to be read kugezwa to be sent / delivered kubonwa to be seen / found kuvugwa to be spoken / said kwigwa to be taught / studied gukorwa to be done / worked kujya to go (variant) kuza to come (variant) guhunga to flee / escape gushonga to melt / dissolve gusiga to smear / leave behind gukata to cut gushona to sew / to sink gukeba to pick / select gukanda to press / massage gusekera to laugh at gutwikurura to uncover / reveal kwibaza to wonder / ask oneself kunanirwa to fail / be unable guhinduka to change / transform guhindura to change / translate kwangana to be equal / match kunyurwa to be satisfied gutekwa to be cooked gutunikwa to be pierced gukomereka to be wounded gukomerwa to be injured kwishyura to pay kugabana to divide / share gukanguka to wake up / be alert kwiringira to rely on gusengera to pray for kwibohora to free oneself kudindira to wait gutegereza to wait patiently gushaka to want / look for / marry gukora intambwe to take a step kwamamaza to advertise / publicize gusangira to share / eat together ibihugu countries isi yose the whole world amoko ethnicities / kinds indangagaciro values / principles ubugiraneza generosity inyangamugayo integrity / honesty kwisuzuma self-evaluation kubyara to give birth umurwayi patient / sick person umuganga doctor umuforomo nurse amafuti fuel / oil umurambi hill / ridge icupa bottle agaseke small basket umutego trap / target / price gucuruza to trade / sell gutera imbere to make progress kwita to call / name kwitwa to be called indangamuntu identity card ububyutu speed / agility ivugurura reform / renewal iterambere ry'igihugu national development