uriya
oo-REE-yah
How to say it
Kinyarwandauriyaoo-REE-yah
Englishthat (umu nouns, over there); that one
Frenchce ...-là (noms umu) ; celui-là
Meaning
Points to a person or thing of the umu class that is far from both speaker and listener, or known to both: uriya mugabo, that man.
Good to know
Comes before the noun, which then drops its first vowel. The sister forms are kiriya (iki), iriya (n), biriya (ibi), bariya (people); the nearer ones are uyu, this, and uwo, that.
Examples
- Uriya mugabo ni umuturanyi wacu.That man is our neighbor.
- Uriya mwana ni uwa nde?Whose child is that?
- Reba uriya musozi wo hakurya.Look at that hill over there.
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