kurenga

How to say it

Meaning

To go past a limit, a number or a place, such as crossing a border or breaking a rule.

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Takes what is passed as object: kurenga umupaka, to cross the border; kurenga amategeko, to break the law. The perfective birenze means too much or more than: birenze urugero.

Examples

• Abantu barenga ijana bitabiriye inama.More than a hundred people attended the meeting.
• Ntugomba kurenga umuvuduko wemewe.You must not exceed the speed limit.
• Imodoka yarenze umuhanda igwa mu mugezi.The car went off the road and fell into the river.

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Forms

batarenze, birenze, byamurenze, byarenze, rurenge