burya

How to say it

Meaning

A discourse particle marking a fact just recalled or realized, roughly 'actually' or 'you know'.

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discourse particle, all registers.

Examples

• Burya arafise ubwoba.He's actually afraid, you know.
• Burya ntibaje.Turns out they didn't come.
• Burya twaribeshye.We were mistaken, as it turns out.
• Burya ntazokwiga uyu mwaka.Actually, he won't study this year.

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