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Did you know that the 100 most common words account for 50% of all language spoken and written text? Here is a list of the most common 100 words in Kinyarwanda. We will divide the words into the different parts of speech; including verbs, nouns, adjectives, etc.
Verbs
Kuba - to be
Kugira - to have
Gukora - to make, to do, to work
Gushobora - to be able to, can
Kuvuga - to say, to tell, to speak
Kugenda - to go
Kubona - to see
Kumenya - to know
Gushaka - to want
Kuza - to come
Gufata - to take
Gutanga - to give
Gukunda - to like, to love
Kureba - to look, watch
Gutekereza - to think
Kumywa - to drink
Kurya - to eat
Kwiga - to learn, study
Gutegura - to find
Kuguma - to stay
Nouns
igihe - time
umuntu - person, man
umwaka - year
umunsi - day
rimwe - one
kabiri - two
gatatu - three
umugore - woman
inzu - house
ikintu - thing
Adjectives
byose - all
byiza - good
mbere - first
gishye - new
ikindi - other
iheruka - last
kirekire - long
binini - big
bike - little
kera - old
Adverbs
cyane - very
rwose - really
neza - well
kensi - often
vuba - quickly, soon
together - hamwe
long ago - kera
here - ino
there - hariya
almost - hafi
Pronouns
N, M - I
U - you (singular)
A - he, she, it
Tu, Du - we
Mu - you (plural)
Ba - they
Yanjye - My
yawe - your
ye -his, her, its
yacu - our
yabo - their
nyje - me
we -him, her
twebwe - us
bo - them
Anjye - Mine
awe - yours (singular)
e - his/hers
acu -ours
abo -theirs
Prepositions
about - hafi
after - nyuma
around - hirya no hino
as - nka
at - kuri
before - mbere
between - hagati
by - na
for - kuri
from -kuva
inside - imbere
like - nka
of - ku
on - ku
out - hanza
over
than - kuruta
to - kuri
with - hamwe na
up - hejuru
Conjunctions
na - and
ariko - but
kubera - because
niba - if
cyangwa - or
rimwe - once
bityo - so
kuva - since
nubwo - though
mugihe - while
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