burije

How to say it

Meaning

An impersonal expression meaning it has grown late or dark; it is late, dusk has fallen.

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impersonal narrative-time expression.

Examples

• Burije, tugomba gutaha.It's late, we must go home.
• Burije none, urumuri rurazimye.It's already dusk, the light has gone out.
• Ntitwabashije kugaruka burije.We couldn't come back once it was late.

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