burije

How to say it

Meaning

an impersonal expression meaning it has grown late or dark; it is late, dusk has fallen.

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it's late, getting dark

Examples

• Burije, tugomba gutaha.It's getting dark, we must go home.
• Ntabwo twashoboye kugera aho tugiye kubera ko burije.We couldn't reach where we were going because it got dark.
• Burije cyane, ntakintu tugishobora gukora hanze.It's very late now, we can no longer do anything outside.
• Uko burije, abaturage barasubira mu ngo zabo.As it grows dark, people head back to their homes.

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