gutoza
goo-TOH-zah
How to say it
Kinyarwandagutozagoo-TOH-zah
Englishto coach, to train; to bring up
Frenchentraîner ; éduquer, former
Meaning
To train a team or players as their coach, and more generally to teach someone good habits by practice. Gutoza abana is to bring children up in good ways.
Good to know
The coach is umutoza, plural abatoza, and coaching is ubutoza. Past: yatoje, he coached; passive gutozwa, to be trained. rn gutoza means something else (to collect contributions).
Examples
- Yatoje ikipe y'igihugu imyaka itatu.He coached the national team for three years.
- Umutoza mushya azatangira gutoza ikipe mu cyumweru gitaha.The new coach will start training the team next week.
- Ababyeyi bagomba gutoza abana kugira isuku.Parents must teach children to keep clean.
Forms
batojwe, watoje, watojwe, watozaga, yatoje, yatozaga, yatozwaga
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