Kirundi

nkana

n-KAH-nah

How to say it

Kirundinkanan-KAH-nahsoon

Englishdeliberatelysoon

Frenchdélibérémentsoon

Meaning

Deliberately or on purpose.

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deliberately

Examples

Yabikoze nkana.He did it deliberately.
Ntabwo nabikoze nkana.I didn't do it on purpose.
Bazokora nkana kugira ngo batsinde.They will act deliberately in order to win.
Ntukore nkana ibintu bibi.Don't deliberately do bad things.

The same word in

KinyarwandankanaNKA-na

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