kwandura
kwah-NDOO-rah
How to say it
Kinyarwandakwandurakwah-NDOO-rah
Englishto catch (a disease), to be infected
Frenchattraper (une maladie), être contaminé
Meaning
To be infected with a disease passed on by another person, an insect or dirt, such as malaria or a virus. It can also mean to become dirty.
Good to know
Takes the disease directly: kwandura malariya, kwandura virusi. The causative kwanduza means to infect someone or to make something dirty, and yanduye also means dirty.
Examples
- Abana benshi banduye malariya muri uku kwezi.Many children caught malaria this month.
- Karaba intoki kugira ngo utandura indwara.Wash your hands so that you do not catch diseases.
- Imyenda ye yanduye cyane nyuma y'umukino.His clothes got very dirty after the match.
The same word in
Forms
abayanduye, banduye, bayanduye, byanduye, handuye, kuyandura, wayanduye, zandura, zanduye, zitandura
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