Kirundi
ubuho
Word parts: ubu-ho
oo-BOO-hoh
How to say it
Kirundiubuhooo-BOO-hohsoon
Englishnowsoon
Frenchmaintenantsoon
Meaning
now, used emphatically to stress that something is happening at this very moment.
Good to know
an emphatic form of ubu ('now'); found mostly in older or more formal speech.
Examples
- Ubuho ni bwo bugira ngoma.Now is when it truly counts.
- Ubuho ntitwokwitegerezanya.Right now we shouldn't delay.
- Yaje ubuho, atinutse.He came right now, without delay.
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