Kirundi
kugoroba
Word parts: ku-goroba
ku-go-RO-ba
How to say it
Kirundikugorobaku-go-RO-basoon
Englishto be eveningsoon
Frenchse faire soirsoon
Meaning
to become evening, said of the day as it turns to dusk.
Good to know
used impersonally, without a human subject, the way one says 'it is getting dark'.
Examples
- Biragoroba, tugende twinjire mu nzu.It's getting to be evening, let's go inside.
- Twagize umukino kugeza bigoroba.We played until it became evening.
- Ntibiragoroba, tugumeho gato.It isn't evening yet, let's stay a little longer.
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