icyo
EE-choh
How to say it
KinyarwandaicyoEE-choh
Englishthat (iki things); what
Frenchce ... -là, cela ; ce que
Meaning
Points back to a thing of the iki class already mentioned: icyo gitabo, that book. On its own it often means what or the thing that: icyo nshaka, what I want.
Good to know
Sister forms: iki, this, and kiriya, that over there. Icyo gihe means at that time, and nta cyo means nothing.
Examples
- Icyo gitabo wagikuye he?Where did you get that book?
- Icyo nshaka ni amahoro gusa.All I want is peace.
- Icyo gihe nari nkiri umwana.At that time I was still a child.
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