LESSON 81

Review

I. Questions:

  1. Conjugate kumena in the far past affirmative (no words following).
  2. Conjugate kubika in the far past negative.
  3. Conjugate guseka in the immediate. past affirmative.
  4. What is the A I U rule?
  5. The possessive adjective contains two parts. What is the purpose of each? How are they determined?
  6. When two nouns follow a causative verb, what is the proper order?
  7. When two pronoun objects occur in a causative verb, what is the proper order? Are there any exceptions?

II. Make the following verbs causative, and translate the causative form.

1. kugenda 7. gufasha 13. kwubaka 19. kugwa
2. guhinga 8. gusenga 14. gufata 20. kwica
3. kuvuga 9. kuririmba 15. kwumva 21. gucana
4. gushima 10. kubika 16. gushobora 22. kurya
5. kuzana 11. kuguma 17. gusaba 23. guha
6. guteka 12. kwandika 18. kumenya 24. kureba

III. Translate into Kinyarwanda:

  1. your father
  2. my mother
  3. his brother (older)
  4. your (s.) sister (you - boy)
  5. their father
  6. my younger sister (I - girl)
  7. my father
  8. your (s.) mother
  9. his sisters
  10. their mothers
  11. my younger brother (I - boy)
  12. your (pl.) brother(you - girls)
  13. my older sister (I - girl)

IV. Translate into Kinyarwanda: (Do not translate words in parentheses)

  1. (the cows) their tails
  2. (the cat) its hair
  3. (the deaf man) his ears
  4. (God) His word
  5. (the fire) its smoke
  6. (the blind man) his tongue
  7. (the cow) its milk 8. (Cod) His love
  8. (the tree) its leaves “10. (the coun try) its namE:
  9. (fleas) their legs
  10. (young men) their anger
  11. (kraal) its Douses
  12. (the house) its kitchen
  13. (the young girls) their lamp
  14. (God) His kingdom
  15. (the leopard) its body
  16. (the house) its door
  17. (friends) their letters
  18. (lamp) its light