LESSON 40

Review

I. Questions:

  1. Explain the difference between: 1) kubanza and gutangira 2) gutuma and kwohereza 3) ariko and ahubwo.
  2. What is the most common use of class 9?
  3. Name all the words in class 9 which do not come under that use.
  4. What one word belongs to class 10?
  5. Give 3 uses of the ha- prefix.
  6. How do you say “his face”?
  7. Give 2 examples of vowel-stem verbs.
  8. Count from one to twenty.
  9. In what way do the numbers 8 to 10 differ from the others in their usage? .
  10. Give the word -ngahe with all of its class agreements.

II. Conjugate:

  1. kwambara in the far future affirmative.
  2. kwibagirwa in the present negative.
  3. kwinjira in the far future negative.
  4. kwihana in the -ra- present affirmative .
  5. kwemera in the prefixless present affirmative.

III. Translate into Kinyarwanda:

1. How many cows? 26. Six languages
2. One eye 27. How many books?
3. Three poor men 28. Thirteen mats
4. Fifty-four goats 29. Four thieves
5. Fourteen hoes 30. One rat
6.How many little things?(dimin.) 31. One stick of wood
7. Three years 32. Six skins of cows
8. Twenty-five chairs 33. Two keys
9. Thirty-six chickens 34. Seventy-eight months
10. One church 35. Ninety boats
11. Seventeen schools 36. Two beds
12. Four hundred thirty-two francs 37. Fifteen big holes
13. Forty-eight children 38. One hundred and sixty-six workmen
14. Sixty-one eggs 39. How many legs?
15. Ten hats 40. Seventy-two slates
16. One string 41. Forty-one sweet potatoes
17. Twenty-one fish 42. Ten sacks
18. Eighty~three sheep 43. Twenty-two (ears of) corn
19. Twelve hills 44. Five countries
20. Five places 45. One river
21. How many gardens? 46. Ten fingernails
22. Four teeth 47. How many seeds?
23. Fifty-nine stones 48. Twenty-six spears
24. Thirty-one nights 49. Fourteen letters
25. Many beans 50. Many peas