uwe
OO-weh
How to say it
KinyarwandauweOO-wehsoon
Frenchle sien, la siennesoon
Meaning
Means 'his' or 'hers' when it stands for a person or an umu noun already named, like English 'his one'. It can also mean one of his own people, a relative.
Good to know
It stands for an umu noun: uwe, his one. With other nouns it changes: abe, icye, ibye, iye, aye, urwe. With 'my' and 'your' it is uwanjye and uwawe.
Examples
- Uyu mwana si uwanjye, ni uwe.This child is not mine, he is hers.
- Umwana wanjye yarize, uwe ntiyize.My child went to school; his did not.
- Yabuze uwe mu mpanuka y'imodoka.He lost a loved one in a car accident.
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