Kirundi
itelefone
ee-teh-leh-FOH-neh
How to say it
Kirundiitelefoneee-teh-leh-FOH-nehsoon
Englishtelephonesoon
Frenchtéléphonesoon
Meaning
a device used to talk to someone at a distance by voice.
Good to know
a French loanword (téléphone); itelefone and iterefone are used interchangeably.
Examples
- Itelefone yanje ntikiriho amashanyarazi.My phone has no battery left.
- Wampigurira itelefone nshasha?Could you buy me a new phone?
- Sinabashije kukubwira kubera ko itelefone yari yasenyutse.I couldn't tell you because the phone was broken.
- Azoguza itelefone yiwe umwaka utaha.He will sell his phone next year.
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