Kirundi
imitigiri
Word parts: imi-tigiri
ee-mee-tee-GEE-ree
How to say it
Kirundiimitigiriee-mee-tee-GEE-reesoon
Englishnoun classessoon
Frenchclasses nominalessoon
Meaning
The grammatical categories into which nouns are grouped, sharing prefixes and agreement patterns.
Good to know
plural of umutigiri (umu-/imi- class); grammatical/linguistic term.
Examples
- Ikirundi gifise imitigiri myinshi y'amazina.Kirundi has many noun classes.
- Ese abanyeshuri barize imitigiri y'Ikirundi mu mashuri?Do students learn the noun classes of Kirundi in school?
- Iki gitabo nticiganire ku mitigiri yose y'ururimi.This book does not cover all the noun classes of the language.
- Umwarimu azosigurira abanyeshuri imitigiri itandukanye y'amazina.The teacher will explain the different noun classes to the students.
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