bariya

How to say it

Meaning

Points to people who are far from both the speaker and the listener, or who are known to both: bariya bana, those children over there.

Good to know

Demonstrative of the aba class: aba, these; abo, those; bariya, those over there. Other classes: uriya, biriya, iriya, ziriya. It comes before or after the noun (bariya bantu, abantu bariya).

Examples

• Bariya bana ni abaturanyi bacu.Those children over there are our neighbors.
• Urabona bariya bagabo bicaye munsi y'igiti?Do you see those men sitting under the tree?
• Abantu bariya bategereje bisi.Those people over there are waiting for the bus.