Kinyarwanda
mwe
MWE
How to say it
KinyarwandamweMWEsoon
Englishwith plural prefix: somesoon
Frenchavec préfixe pluriel : certainssoon
Meaning
the numeral stem meaning one, used with certain noun class agreements.
Good to know
compare "rimwe" (one time/one, class 5); "mwe" appears in other class agreements.
Examples
- Umuntu umwe yaje.One person came.
- Nafashe igitabo kimwe.I took one book.
- Ntabwo yigeze na rimwe aza.He never once came.
- Twari abantu babiri, si umwe.We were two people, not one.
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