Kinyarwanda
kwigana
Word parts: kw-igana
kwee-GAH-nah
How to say it
Kinyarwandakwiganakwee-GAH-nahsoon
Englishto imitatesoon
Frenchimitersoon
Meaning
to copy the way someone else does or says something, to imitate them.
Good to know
to imitate
Examples
- Umwana yiganaga imvugo ya se.The child was imitating his father's way of speaking.
- Kuki wigana ibikorwa by'abandi?Why do you copy other people's actions?
- Ntabwo yiganaga umuhanzi runaka.He wasn't imitating any particular artist.
- Ntuzigane ibibi by'abandi, koresha ibitekerezo byawe.Don't imitate other people's bad habits, use your own thinking.
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