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incuro

ee-NCHOO-roh

How to say it

Kirundiincuroee-NCHOO-roh
Englishtime, occasion (how many times)
Frenchfois

Meaning

One occurrence of something that happens more than once; used to count how many times something is done.

Good to know

An in noun, the same in the plural: incuro imwe, once; incuro zitatu, three times; incuro nyinshi, many times. Kinyarwanda says inshuro.

Examples

  • Namuhamagaye incuro zibiri ariko ntiyitavye.I called him twice but he did not answer.
  • Tugendera sogokuru incuro imwe mu kwezi.We visit our grandfather once a month.
  • Incuro nyinshi aba ari mu kazi.Many times he is at work.

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Forms

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