nya
NYAH
How to say it
KirundinyaNYAHsoon
Frenchledit, ce mêmesoon
Meaning
Placed before a noun to point back to something already mentioned: 'that very', 'the said'.
Good to know
It does not change with the noun and comes right before it, without the noun's first vowel: nya mwigisha, that same teacher; nya telefone, the phone in question.
Examples
- Nya mwana twabonye ejo yagarutse.That same child we saw yesterday came back.
- Twagiye kuraba nya nzu bavuze.We went to see the house they talked about.
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