Kinyarwanda
kuremba
Word parts: ku-remba
koo-REH-mbah
How to say it
Kinyarwandakurembakoo-REH-mbahsoon
Englishto be very illsoon
Frenchêtre très malade, sur le point de mourirsoon
Meaning
to be so gravely ill that death seems near.
Good to know
to be very ill, about to die
Examples
- Nyirasenge yaremvye none aracyari mu bitaro.My aunt fell gravely ill and is still in the hospital.
- Uwo muntu aremvye, dukeneye kumujyana kwa muganga.That person is critically ill, we need to take him to the doctor.
- Ntabwo aremvye nk'uko babivuze.He is not as gravely ill as they said.
- Nagiye kureba uko aremvye.I went to see how gravely ill he was.
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