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Talking about your family (Umuryango) in Kinyarwanda

The Family	Umuryango
Mother	Mama
Father	Data
Parents	Ababyeyi
Sister	Mushiki wa
Brother	Musaza wa
Son	Umwana
Daugther	Umukobwa
Husband	Umugabo
Wife	Umugore
Aunt	1) Nyirasenge 2) Nyina wabo
Uncle	1) Nyirarume 2) Se wabo
Grandmother	Nyirakuru
Grandfather	Sogokuru

How to talk about your family with examples in the plural case

My children	Abana banjye
His parents	Ababyeyi be
Your wives	Abagore bawe
The women here do not speak English	Abagore ino ntibavuga icyongereza

How to talk about your family with examples in the singular case

My wife is on the farm	Umugore wanjye arahinga
Your husband speaks too much	Umugabo wawe avuga byinshi
The uncle of the neighbour has a lot of girlfriends	Nyirarume w'umuturanyi afite abakobwa benshi b'inshuti
Our daughter is cooking Isombe	Umukobwa wacu atetse Isombe

Learn Kinyarwanda

Greetings & Introductions
How to greet and introduce yourself in Kinyarwanda

Family
How can you describe your family in Kinyarwanda?

Numbers
How to count in Kinyarwanda

Days of the week
How to say days of the week in Kinyarwanda

Months of the year
How to say months of the year in Kinyarwanda

Time Concepts
How say early, late, always and other concepts in Kinyarwanda

Question Words
Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? How Much?

Traveling
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Shopping
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Important Verbs
To be, To Have, To Do, To Say, To Go, To Know, To Want, To Can & To Use

Media
List of music, dances and movies in Kinyarwanda

Phrases
Extra phrases in Kinyarwanda that may be handy

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