| Which month are we in? | Turimu kuhe kwezi? |
| January | Mutarama |
| Febuary | Gashyantare |
| March | Werurwe |
| April | Mata |
| May | Gicurasi |
| June | Kamena |
| July | Nyakanga |
| August | Kanama |
| September | Nzeri |
| October | Ukwakira |
| November | Ugushyingo |
| December | Ukuboza |
| Which month are we in? | Turimu kuhe kwezi? |
| January | Mutarama |
| Febuary | Gashyantare |
| March | Werurwe |
| April | Mata |
| May | Gicurasi |
| June | Kamena |
| July | Nyakanga |
| August | Kanama |
| September | Nzeri |
| October | Ukwakira |
| November | Ugushyingo |
| December | Ukuboza |
| This year | Uyu mwaka |
| My birthday is in June this year | Isabukuru yanjye y'amavuko iri muri Kamena uyu mwaka |
| Next year | Umwaka utaha |
| Next year in September the rainy season will start | Umwaka utaha muri Nzeri igihe cy'imvura kizatangira |
| Last year | Umwaka ushize |
| My friend completed his/her studies last year | Inshuti yanjye yarangije amasomo ye umwaka ushize |
West Africa- Ìgbò - Wolof - Yorùbá |
East Africa- Chichewa (Nyanja) - Kinyarwanda (Ikinyarwanda) - Kiswahili |
Central Africa- Chokwe (Wuchokwe) - Ibinda (Fiote) - Kikongo - Lingala - Tshiluba |
Southern Africa- Malagasy - Naro (Senaro) - Nyaneka-Humbi - Sekaukau - Setswana (Tswana) - Shona (chiShona) - Umbundu (South Mbundu) - IsiXhosa (Xhosa) - IsiZulu (Zulu) |