Kirundi
riya
REE-yah
How to say it
KirundiriyaREE-yahsoon
Englishthat over theresoon
Frenchcelui-là là-bassoon
Meaning
a demonstrative pointing to something distant from both speaker and listener; that, over there.
Good to know
Takes a class-agreement prefix (kirīya, birīya, zirīya, barīya...) and marks something farther away than the nearer demonstratives.
Examples
- Urabona ka riya kazu?Do you see that house over there?
- Nzokwitwara ikintu kirīya.I will take that thing over there.
- Abo bantu barīya ntibazwi neza.Those people over there aren't well known.
- Ntuzokwibagira ico kintu kirīya wabonye?Won't you remember that thing you saw over there?
Not yet checked by a native speaker.