How to form the plural in Kinyarwanda

How to form the plural in Kinyarwanda

You want to learn how to use the plural in Kinyarwanda? You've come to the right place! Scroll down and see the short Kinyarwanda lessons complete with useful examples. Apples, houses, books... we'll teach you everything you need to know about the plural in Kinyarwanda.

Kinyarwanda nouns - plural

The plural is used, in general, to talk about more than one object. Examples in English would be 'dogs', 'cats', 'houses' and 'children'. The plural in Kinyarwanda is generally formed by a change to the beginning of the word.

Examples

amazu
houses
abana
children
abagabo
men
abahungu
boys
abagore
women
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About Kinyarwanda

About Kinyarwanda

Kinyarwanda is very similar to Kirundi and Rufumbira. If you are planning on doing some travelling, learning Kinyarwanda would be a great way to make the most of your trip.

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Basic words and phrases in Kinyarwanda

Learn to get by in Kinyarwanda with these useful words and phrases. These essential phrases cover everything from Kinyarwanda greetings to business and workplace communications to love and dating.

iyi nzu
this house
iyi pome
this apple
uyu muhungu
this boy
uru rugi
this door
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Step 5 : The plural in Kinyarwanda

The plural is important in Kinyarwanda when you need to talk about more than one thing. Using the nouns igitabo, intebe and umuryango (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn the plural of each of these words by heart. The plural forms are ibitabo, intebe and inzugi. Now learn how to use each of these Kinyarwanda plural nouns with the definite article. The nouns together with the definite article are ibitabo, intebe and inzugi (the books, the chairs, the doors). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about the Kinyarwanda plural including useful examples. After you've learned the plural of igitabo, intebe and umuryango, you can move on to Step 6 (Kinyarwanda demonstrative pronouns).

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