Kirundi
gukonja
Word parts: gu-konja
goo-KO-nja
How to say it
Kirundigukonjagoo-KO-njasoon
Englishto be coldsoon
Frenchêtre froid, refroidirsoon
Meaning
to be cold, to feel a chill.
Good to know
intransitive, used both for the weather and for a person feeling cold.
Examples
- Ndakonja mu joro rya none.I am cold tonight.
- Ese uwo mwana arakonja?Is that child cold?
- Ntitwakonje ku mugoroba, twari twambaye impuzu nyinshi.We were not cold in the evening, we were wearing many clothes.
- Bizokonja cane mu ntumbero.It will be very cold in the highlands.
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