Kirundi
gukurana
Word parts: gu-kurana
goo-koo-RA-na
How to say it
Kirundigukuranagoo-koo-RA-nasoon
Englishto grow togethersoon
Frenchgrandir ensemblesoon
Meaning
to grow up together.
Good to know
describes people who were raised together or grew up in the same period.
Examples
- Twarakuranye n'uwo musore kuva tukiri bato.I grew up together with that young man since we were small.
- Ese mwarakuranye mu mudugudu umwe?Did you two grow up in the same village?
- Ntibakuranye, umwe yakuriye mu gisagara, uwundi mu cibare.They did not grow up together, one grew up in the city, the other in the countryside.
- Abo bana bazokurana bakaba nk'abavukana.Those children will grow up together like siblings.
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