Kinyarwanda
kurwana
Word parts: ku-rwana
koo-RWAH-nah
How to say it
Kinyarwandakurwanakoo-RWAH-nahsoon
Englishto fightsoon
Frenchse battre (int.)soon
Meaning
to engage in physical or armed combat with an opponent, to fight.
Good to know
to fight
Examples
- Abasirikare barwanye ku mupaka umunsi wose.The soldiers fought at the border all day.
- Kuki abo bahungu barwana buri gihe?Why do those boys fight all the time?
- Ntabwo twarwanye, twari dusekeranaga gusa.We weren't fighting, we were only joking with each other.
- Ntuzongere kurwana n'umuvandimwe wawe.Don't fight with your sibling again.
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