Another Greeting, What a Baby was Doing, Negation, Races Illustrating Pluralization

Another Greeting:

• As an alternative to "bite?" -- "how (are you doing)?" one can ask:
  urakomeye? -- you (are) strong?
• ura -- present tense, second person
• komeye --  from "gukomera," "to be strong"
• Instead of "ni meza" one replies:
  ego, ndakomeye -- yes, I (am) strong.
• nda -- present tense, first person 

What a baby was doing:

• gutwanga -- to laugh or smile 

Nagation:

• Should you not be feeling strong if someone asks you "urakomeye?" you could reply 
• oya, ndarwaye -- no, I am sick 
• oya, sinkomeye -- no, I am not strong  
• si -- negation 
• n -- self; first person present tense
•  This same pattern applies for many verbs:
• nzoza -- I will come  |  sinzoza -- I will not come
• ndakunda amata -- I like milk  |  sinkunda amata -- I do not like milk
• nivyo canhe sivyo? -- true or false?
• The "vyo" is a challenging combination to my English ear and tongue.  My teacher uses "sivyo" in conversation frequently, to mean "isn't that so?" or "right?"  It sounds to me like "siv-zyu", and "nivyo" sounds like "niv-yu."

Races illustrating pluralization:

• Burundians in America might use the following words to talk about people of different races:
• umuzumbu/abazumbu -- a white person / white people
• umwirabure/abirabure -- a black African person / black African people
• umublack / abablack -- an African American person / African American People
• this is simply the incorporation of American English "black" into Kirundi grammar, and may be pronounced, according to speaker's English fluency, as "umu/ababarake."