nyine

How to say it

Meaning

The stem meaning alone, by oneself, expressing self or emphasis on solitude.

Good to know

emphatic stem, combines with pronoun-class prefixes (e.g. wenyine, twenyine).

Examples

• Yagiye wenyine.He went alone.
• Tuzokora twenyine.We will work by ourselves.
• Ntawundi uzoza, ni njye nyine.No one else is coming, it's just me.
• Ntibashobora kubaho benyine.They cannot live by themselves.

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