More Goodbyes, Greetings, But & Then, Misc

More Goodbyes:

• nagasaga  -- another way to say goodbye (perhaps less common)
• nagasaga mwirirwe -- bye, have a good day
• mwirirwe -- have a good day
• from the verb "kwira" -- "to get dark / become night" so this word is essentially expressing the wish "when the day ends, may you still be well"
• tuzosubira -- see you later
• "tuzosubira" verses "turasubira"
• tuzosubira -- see you later (tomorrow or beyond)
• turasubira -- see you later (today)
• "turasabira"  is also more definite
• These have subtly different literal meaning, but their usage idiomatically varies regionally.
• tuzosubira ejo -- see you tomorrow
• na hejo -- see you tomorrow
• na -- it is
• hejo -- of tomorrow
• used if you actually expect to see them tomorrow
• impore -- peace/calm/tranquility
• used to bid farewell?
• musezere mu Kirundi -- say farewell to him in Kirundi
• musezere -- say farewell to him/her
• mu -- in
• (what my teacher told another Kirundi speaker who was leaving our office)

Greetings: (somehow I forgot to mention here the following essential phrases, which I learned early and practice often:)

• The this commonest greetings are:
• amkuru? -- news? (like "what's new?")
• bite? -- how? (like "how is it going?") 
• this is actually Swahili
• (ni) gute? -- (is) how?
• the Kirundi equivalent of "bite" but said less often
• The two most frequent responses to all of these greetings are:
• (ni) sawa --  (is) good [Swahili]
• (ni) meza -- (is) good [Kirundi]
• note that the Swahili response can be used to the Kirundi question and vice versa.
• bite and ni sawa seem to be the most commonly used among the speakers with whom I interact
• Another response to these three questions is
  intǒre -- beautiful
  and this apparently sounds quite relaxed
• amahoro -- peace (another greeting)

But & Then:

• rero -- then
• sawa rero -- okay then (used as in English)
• urumva rero -- listen then
• my teacher called this a "consequential" phrase, used commonly in long explanations.
• ariko -- but
• recall that Kirundi does not distinguish between "l" and "r" sounds.  this word sounds very much like "aliko" to my English ear...

Misc:

• inzu hehe? -- house where?
• I was very proud of myself when I accurately picked this phrase out of an overheard conversation between native speakers...