Kirundi Notebook

Today's lesson was provided by a rowdy group of middle-aged Burundian men who found my attempts at Kirundi absolutely hilarious.  Unfort...

As in English, asking someone "ukora ryari?" ("you work | when ?") has a meaning that is context specific. The answer co...

As has previously been mentioned, Kirundi speakers usually use ordinal numbers to refer to months.  However, each month also has a name in K...

inzoguha -- I will give you

I recently gave a presentation to a group of my colleagues entitled "Kirundi 101" in which I presented the following list of essen...

Direct Link to fully annotated document: Dialogue 5: Making an Appointment Text without Annotations: Making an Appointment: <Phon...

Direct Link to fully annotated document: Dialogue 4: Meeting a Friend Text without Annotations: Meeting a Friend: A: Good Morning! ...