umwandiko
oo-mwah-NDEE-koh
How to say it
Kinyarwandaumwandikooo-mwah-NDEE-koh
Englishtext, written passage
Frenchtexte
Meaning
A piece of writing, such as a passage read in class, a document or the written text of a book.
Good to know
Plural imyandiko. At school it is the reading passage, as in umwandiko wo gusoma. Inyandiko is the more general word for a document or writing.
Examples
- Mwarimu yadusabye gusoma umwandiko uri ku ipaji ya cumi.The teacher asked us to read the text on page ten.
- Andika incamake y'uyu mwandiko mu mirongo itanu.Write a summary of this text in five lines.
- Imyandiko ya kera ibikwa mu nzu ndangamurage.Old texts are kept in the museum.
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