Kinyarwanda
wenyine
weh-NYEE-neh
How to say it
Kinyarwandawenyineweh-NYEE-nehsoon
Englishyou alonesoon
Frenchvous seulssoon
Meaning
alone, by oneself, without anyone else.
Good to know
an emphatic "alone" form agreeing with the subject; the stem -nyine shifts for other persons, e.g. twenyine, "we alone".
Examples
- Ugiye wenyine?Are you going alone?
- Yakoze akazi ke wenyine.He did his work all by himself.
- Ntabwo washobora kubaho wenyine.You cannot live all alone.
- Umwana yasigaye wenyine mu rugo.The child stayed home alone.
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