Kirundi
gutandukanya
Word parts: gu-tandukanya
goo-tahn-doo-KAH-nyah
How to say it
Kirundigutandukanyagoo-tahn-doo-KAH-nyahsoon
Englishto separate, to distinguishsoon
Frenchséparer, distinguersoon
Meaning
to make two or more people or things become separate from each other, or to tell them apart.
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Examples
- Umwarimu aratandukanya abanyeshuri babiri barwana.The teacher separates two students who are fighting.
- Ese ushobora gutandukanya iyi mice n'iyindi?Can you tell this kind apart from the other?
- Ntatandukanya abagenzi biwe ku muco.He doesn't separate his friends by ethnicity.
- Tuzotandukanya ivyiza n'ivyago.We will distinguish the good from the bad.
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