Kirundi
imivugwa
Word parts: imi-vugwa
ee-mee-VOOG-wah
How to say it
Kirundiimivugwaee-mee-VOOG-wahsoon
Englishgrammatical personssoon
Frenchpersonnes grammaticalessoon
Meaning
The categories a verb form refers to, such as 'I,' 'you,' or 'she.'.
Good to know
plural of umuvugwa (umu-/imi- class); grammatical/linguistic term.
Examples
- Ikirundi gikoresha imivugwa itatu: uwuvuga, uwo bavugana, n'uwavuzwe.Kirundi uses three grammatical persons: the speaker, the addressee, and the one spoken about.
- Ese abana bize imivugwa y'inshamake muri iyi somo?Did the children learn the grammatical persons of the verb in this lesson?
- Iki gisomwa nticyerekana imivugwa yose ikoreshwa mu Kirundi.This lesson does not show all the grammatical persons used in Kirundi.
- Umwigisha azosigurira abanyeshuri imivugwa itandukanye k'ishuri ritaha.The instructor will explain the different grammatical persons at the next class.
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