kera

How to say it

Meaning

a distant point in time from the present, either far in the past or far ahead; long ago, or, in a future context, far off.

Good to know

used adverbially, most often to mean 'long ago, in the old days'; the future sense appears mainly with a future-tense verb, meaning 'a long time from now'.

Examples

• Kera abantu bakundaga gusimbuka.Long ago people loved to dance.
• Ibi bizabaho kera mu gihe kizaza.This will happen far in the future.
• Ntabwo ibyo byabaye kera cyane.That didn't happen so very long ago.
• Wibuka kera igihe wari umwana?Do you remember long ago when you were a child?

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