iyi
EE-yee
How to say it
KinyarwandaiyiEE-yee
Englishthis, these (with n and imi nouns)
Frenchce, cette, ces
Meaning
Points to something near the speaker whose noun is of the n class in the singular, or of the imi class in the plural: iyi nzu, this house; iyi misozi, these hills.
Good to know
Sister forms: iyo, that, and iriya, that over there. The plural of iyi nzu is izi nzu, and the singular of iyi mirima is uyu murima.
Examples
- Iyi nzu ni iya nde?Whose house is this?
- Iyi mirima yose ni iya data.All these fields belong to my father.
- Nkunda iyi ndirimbo cyane.I really like this song.
The same word in
Not yet checked by a native speaker.