LESSON 27

Class 8 ubu- ama-

Vocabulary

50. Class 8.

51. Most words in this class have no plural, but ubwato and uburiri do have: amato, amariri.

52. The great majority of words in this class are those expressing abstract ideas such as the first three nouns of the vocabulary; they seldom have a plural.

53. Bwa. This is pronounced baa. You will see it written hga in sqme of the o.der printings, have an African help you with the pronunciation.

54. Kuko introduces a dependent clause. Remememer the rules about verbs in dependent clauses (par. 5, 19, 26). Kuko and other conjunctions ending in -ko (such as, ariko) in pronunciation change the -ko to -kw before words beginning with a, e, or i, and to k before u. You will also see it written that way in some of the older printings. e.g. kukw afite..; kuk’ ufite..

Exercises:

I. Translate into English:

1. Umwigisha mwiza afite ubwenge bwinshi. 2. Amato menshi cyane ari mu ruzi. J. Uburiri bw’ umukire ni burebure cyane. 4. Nshima Imana kuko ifite ubuntu bwinshi. 5. Nfite ubugingo bushya muri Yesu (translate muri as mu). 6. Dukunda guhinga amashaza mu mirima yacu. 7. Paulo n’umwigisha mwiza kuko afite ubwenge bwinshi. 8. Dusoma iby’ (about) ubuntu bwa Yesu mu. Gitabo cy’Imana. 9. Urukundo rw’Imana ruzana umucyo mu mitima yacu.

II. Translate into Kinyarwanda:

1. The women have a few good peas. 2. God’s wisdom is very great (much). 3. The men are going in boats. 4. Do you (pili.) have the grace of Jesus in your hearts? 5. Bring the short bed into the house. 6. A wise person (a person of Wisdom) loves God because He brings salvation into our hearts. 7. God’s mercy and grace bring peace into my life. 8. Do you (pl.) see the boat on (mu) the river over there? 9. The poor man wants to buy a new bed, but he hasn’t (any) francs. 10. I have joy because God loves to help people.