Kirundi
inshoberamahanga
een-shoh-beh-rah-mah-HAH-ngah
How to say it
Kirundiinshoberamahangaeen-shoh-beh-rah-mah-HAH-ngahsoon
Englishidiomsoon
Frenchidiomesoon
Meaning
A fixed expression whose meaning cannot be worked out just from its individual words; an idiom.
Good to know
noun class 9/10; linguistic term, lit. "that which confuses foreigners".
Examples
- Iyi nshoberamahanga ntishobora gusobanurwa iyivuze imvugo ku mvugo.This idiom cannot be understood word for word.
- Nzokwandika igitabo c'inshoberamahanga zo mu Kirundi.I will write a book of idioms in Kirundi.
- Nta nshoberamahanga isobanuka ku wanje ari umunyamahanga.No idiom is clear to a foreigner.
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