Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Kirundi Months

As has previously been mentioned, Kirundi speakers usually use ordinal numbers to refer to months.  However, each month also has a name in Kirundi, though they are very rarely used.  I was told by my teacher "learn these and you will know something that most Kirundi speakers do not know.  You will have something to teach them about their own language."

January  -- Nzero
February  --  Ruhuhuma
March  --  Ntwarante
April  --  Ndamukiza
May --  Rusama
June  --  Ruheshi
July  --  Mukakaro
August  --  Myandagaro
September  --  Nyakanga
October  --  Gitugutu
November  --  Munyonyo
December  --  Kigarama