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kurudi

koo-ROO-dee

How to say it

Swahilikurudikoo-ROO-deesoon
Englishto return, to come backsoon
Frenchrevenir, retournersoon

Meaning

To come or go back to a place one has left, or to go back to an earlier state or activity.

Good to know

Kurudi nyumbani, to go back home; kurudi kazini, to return to work. The causative kurudisha is to give back or send back.

Examples

  • Nitarudi saa moja jioni.I will be back at seven in the evening.
  • Alirudi kutoka Ulaya mwezi uliopita.He came back from Europe last month.
  • Watoto wanapenda kurudi kijijini wakati wa likizo.The children like to go back to the village during the holidays.

The same word in

Forms

mrudi, rudi

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