iryo
EE-ryoh
How to say it
KinyarwandairyoEE-ryohsoon
Englishthat (ri nouns)soon
Frenchce ... -là (noms ri)soon
Meaning
Points back to a thing of the ri class already mentioned or near the listener: iryo jambo, that word; iryo tsinda, that group.
Good to know
Sister forms: iri, this, and ririya, that over there. The plural is ayo: ayo magambo, those words.
Examples
- Iryo jambo risobanura iki?What does that word mean?
- Iryo shuri ryubatswe mu 1990.That school was built in 1990.
- Twumvise iryo tangazo kuri radiyo.We heard that announcement on the radio.
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