Lesson 14
Class 4 (continued)
Vocabulary
| icyuma - iron, knife, tool, metal |
igisimba - insect |
| icyaha - sin |
inyamaswa - wild animal (3rd cl.) |
| icyobo - hole (in ground) |
hanze - outside, out of doors |
22. The prefixes in the first three words of this vocabulary do not
appear the same as those in the previous lesson, but they are still
4th class.
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a. The prefix ki- before a vowel becomes cy-, and the prefix
bi- bceoms by-__, e.g. iki-aha becomes icyaha, ibi-aha becomes
ibyaha.
- b. This same rule applies to adjectives and verbs:
| ki-iza becomes cyiza |
bi-iza becomes byiza |
| ki-inshi becomes cyinshi |
bi-inshi |
Exercises:
I. Give the singulars of the following words and translate (without
loking in the vocabularies)
| 1. ibiti |
6. abigishwa |
11. amasuka |
| 2. ibyobo |
7. ibitabo |
12. ibihugu |
| 3. imyenda |
8. abami |
13. ibijumbi |
| 4. ibirenge |
9. ibyaha |
14. iminsi |
| 5. ibyuma |
10. ibisimba |
15. inyamaswa |
II. Translate into English:
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Igitabo cy’umukobwa kiri hano. 2. Hair ibyuma byawe byinshi mu
nzu. 3. Inyamaswa mbi ziri hanze. 4. Umuntu mubi afite ibyaha byinshi
mu mutimwa we. 5. Mfite igitabo cyiza cyane. 6. intama iri mu cyabo
kinini hariya. 7. Ibirenge by’umwana ni bibi. 8. Mbese ibitabo
byanyu bishya biri mu nzu? 9. Mbese abakozi bafite ibyuma byinshi?
Oya, bafite bike. 10. Umusaza afite icyuma cyanje. Kiri mu nzu ye.
III. Translate into Kinyarwanda.
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1. The holes is very deep. 2. Many poeple are outside. 3. There are
many sins in the heart of a bad man. 4. Your (pl.) big country is nice.
5. Many good things are in their house. 6. Where are your tools? They
are at home. 7. The girls have few books. 8. The tall trees over there
are very beautiful. 9. The wild animal is alive. 10. There is a small
hole in our garden.