Kirundi
gukinanga
Word parts: gu-kinanga
goo-kee-NA-nga
How to say it
Kirundigukinangagoo-kee-NA-ngasoon
Englishto waste one's timesoon
Frenchperdre son tempssoon
Meaning
to waste one's time, to fritter away time idly.
Good to know
used to criticize idleness or wasted effort.
Examples
- Ntukinange umwanya wawe uraba filime mu gitondo.Don't waste your time watching movies in the morning.
- Yarakinanze umwaka wose atarangiza ivyo yiyemeje.He wasted the whole year without finishing what he had committed to.
- Ese ntimurakinanga mukiganira aho gukora?Aren't you wasting time chatting instead of working?
- Tuzokinanga igihe nitutabanje gutegura umugambi.We will waste time if we don't first prepare a plan.
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