Kinyarwanda
kwigera
Word parts: kw-igera
kwee-GEH-rah
How to say it
Kinyarwandakwigerakwee-GEH-rahsoon
Englishto have eversoon
Frenchavoir déjà faitsoon
Meaning
to have done something at some point in the past, ever.
Good to know
almost always used with negation for emphasis: sinigeze mvuga, "I have never said".
Examples
- Sinigeze mbona ikintu nk'iki mu buzima bwanjye.I have never seen anything like this in my life.
- Ese wigeze ugenda mu bihugu by'amahanga?Have you ever traveled to foreign countries?
- Ntabwo yigeze avuga iryo jambo.He has never said that word.
- Nzageraho gusa niba mfashijwe.I will only ever get there if I'm helped.
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