Lesson 10

Review

I. Questions

1. What are the noun prefixes singular and plural for the first class?
2. What are the noun prefixes singular and plural for the second class?
3. What are the noun prefixes singular and plural for the third class?
4. What usually happens to u before another vowel?
5. What usually happens to a before another vowel?
6. What usually happens to i before another vowel?
7. What is the negative of ni?
8. When you have a noun, a descriptive adjective, an adjective of quantity, and a possessive adjective, what is the proper order?
9. What effect do mu and ku have on the noun which follows them?
10. Before what letters does N change to M?
11. What happens when N comes before H?
12. What happens when N comes before R?
13. When can ni and si not be used for “is” and “are”?
14. When is the final vowel of ni, si, and na omitted?
15. What are the two parts of the possessive adjective?

II. Make the word -iza agree with the following nouns, singular and plural, and translate each expressionL umukobwa, umugati, imbwa.

III. Translate into English:

1. Mfite umuriro mwinshi.
2. Abagabo beza barakora cyane mu mirima yabo.
3. Umwnan wanjye arajya mu nzu.
4. Abagore benshi barahinga.
5. Umwigisha afite inka nyinshi.
6. Umwana we afite imbwa.
7. Umuhungu muremure arakora ku ntebe nto.
8. Imirima yacu mishya ni myiza cyane.
9. Yesu ni Umukiza wacu muzima.
10. Imyenda ye myiza si mishya.
11. Abana bato barajya mu nzu.
12. Mbese afite abana benshi? Oya, ni bake.
13. Mbese imbwa y’umuhungu ni nziza?
14. Intebe zanyu ni ndende.

IV. Translate into Kinyarwanda.

1. The woman is working in her house.
2. Salt is good.
3. A child of God has much joy in his heart.
4. Out good Savior is alive.
5. Is the boy’s chair long?
6. Your (pl.) bread is bad.
7. A few girls are hoeing in the teacher’s garden.
8. Our hills are very high.
9. The important people are going to the teacher’s house.
10. The children of God have many blessings.
11. Do the men have many debts?
12. The man’s good pupils are working in his new house.