Kirundi
mpi
mpee
How to say it
Kirundimpimpeesoon
Englishbothsoon
Frenchtous les deuxsoon
Meaning
both, used with class-specific agreement forms such as bompi, twempi, mwempi.
Good to know
takes a subject-agreement prefix that changes with who or what 'both' refers to, e.g. twempi 'both of us', bompi 'both of them'.
Examples
- Twempi turashaka kugenda.Both of us want to go.
- Bompi barize neza.Both of them studied well.
- Ntabwo ari mpi, ni umwe gusa.It is not both, it is just one.
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