LESSON 87

Demonstratives (continued)

Vocabulary: Learn the forms in the Jrd column of the table in the preeceding lesson.

177. Uriya. This demonstrative means “that” of something not near the speaker, but in sight. It could be “that over there”, or, “that yonder”. It is formed by the prefix of the verb plus -riya (except in 1st class sing. it is u instead of a). e.g. uriya mugore - that woman over there. The more distant the object, the longer drawn out the i is. e.g. ur-i-i-ya musozi - that hill way over there.

This demonstrative, like all others, precedes the noun removing the initial vowel. Now you can recognize the word hariya that you learned some time ago.

Exercises:

I. Translate into English:

1. Bariya bantu bavuye mu rusengero vuba. 2. Uriya mufundi azi neza kwubakisha runatafari. 3. Iriya njangwe ni mbi; yibye inyama. 4. Iriya nzu n’inh y’umukire; ni nziza cyane. 5. Twagiye mu ruzi muri buriya bwato. 6. Uriya musozi uri mu gihugu cy’uRwanda. 7. Inshuti yanjye yubatse iriya nzu muri uyu mwaka. 8. Abagabo bakurikiye ingwe muri riri-i-ya shyamba. 9. Uriya muzungu yamaze imyaka myinshi muri iki gihugu. 10. Mbese mwabonye kiriya gipfamatwi? Kiravuga neza ariko nticyumva.

II. Translate into Kinyarwanda:

1. Bring those boxes over there. 2. That man (quite near) is John’s younger brother. 3. Those stones yonder near the school, bring them here for we shall use them. 4. Those sweet potatoes over there are spoiled; throw them away. 5. That river over there is very long and wide. 6. Do you see that sand over there? It’s good; we want to use it in building (= to build). 7. Go (pl.) cut that tall grass over there for we shall use it to roof with. 8. That church yonder was built by the people of the church. They gave many francs and worked many days. 9. Those doors over there were made by a fundi. They’ll use them in the new school. 10. The millet in those fields yonder is not good. There was too much (= a lot of) rain, so (rero) it isn’t strong.