Kinyarwanda
wabo
WAH-boh
How to say it
KinyarwandawaboWAH-bohsoon
Englishtheirsoon
Frenchleursoon
Meaning
belonging to them; the possessive "their".
Good to know
the possessive stem -abo takes different prefixes by noun class (wabo, babo, yabo, etc.); wabo attaches to class 1/3 singular nouns.
Examples
- Uyu ni umuhungu wabo.This is their son.
- Umurima wabo uri hehe?Where is their field?
- Ntabwo ari umugabo wabo.He is not their husband.
- Uyu murima ni wabo, ariko inzu ni iyabo.This field is theirs, but the house is theirs too.
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