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Dialogue
Umuntu 1: Mwarabyaye? / Have you given birth (to children)?
Umuntu 2: Yego, dufite abana babiri (2) / Yes, we have two (2) children
Umuntu 1: Abana batera ibyishimo. Sibyo? / Children causes happiness. Isn’t it?
Umuntu 2: Cyane rwose. Ubu turishimye. / For sure. We are happy now.
Vocabulary
Umuntu: A person
Kubyara: To give birth
Yego: Yes
Dufite: We have
Abana: Children
Umwana: A child
Babiri: Two
Batera: They (people) cause
Ibyishimo: Happiness
Sibyo?: Isn’t it?
Cyane rwose: Very true/For Sure
Ubu: Now
Turishimye: We are happy.
Gutera: To cause
Kubyara
Narabyaye: I gave birth
Warabyaye: You gave birth
Yarabyaye: He/She/It gave birth
Twarabyaye: We gave birth
Mwarabyaye: You gave birth (in plural)
Barabyaye: They gave birth
Gutera
Nateye: I caused
Wateye: You caused
Yateye: He/She/It caused
Cyateye: It caused
Bateye: They caused
Twateye: We caused
Mwateye: You caused (plural)
Additional
Yarabyaye can be used for person or an animal depending on which animal. Same case for Yateye.
Urugero:
Inka yarabyaye: The cow gave birth
Umwana we yarabyaye: His child gave birth
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