Language/Kinyarwanda/Vocabulary/Colors

Kinyarwanda - Colors

In today's lesson, we will learn the main colors in Kinyarwanda. Enjoy your learning journey with Polyglot Club!

Main Terms

The following table contains the main colors in Kinyarwanda with their transliteration and translation in English.

Word in Kinyarwanda	Transliteration	Translation in English
Umwuka	u-mu-wu-ka	Blue
Umucuruzi	u-mu-cu-ru-zi	Red
Umugambi	u-mu-ga-mbi	Green
Umukobwa	u-mu-ko-bwa	Yellow
Umukungu	u-mu-ku-ngu	White
Umushanga	u-mu-sha-nga	Black

Dialogue

Let's practice the colors in Kinyarwanda with a dialogue.

• Person 1: Umwuka ufite? (u-mu-wu-ka u-fi-te?) – Do you have blue?
• Person 2: Ndabona. (n-da-bo-na) – Yes, I do.
• Person 1: Umucuruzi ufite? (u-mu-cu-ru-zi u-fi-te?) – Do you have red?
• Person 2: Ndabona. (n-da-bo-na) – Yes, I do.
• Person 1: Umugambi ufite? (u-mu-ga-mbi u-fi-te?) – Do you have green?
• Person 2: Ndabona. (n-da-bo-na) – Yes, I do.
• Person 1: Umukobwa ufite? (u-mu-ko-bwa u-fi-te?) – Do you have yellow?
• Person 2: Ndabona. (n-da-bo-na) – Yes, I do.
• Person 1: Umukungu ufite? (u-mu-ku-ngu u-fi-te?) – Do you have white?
• Person 2: Ndabona. (n-da-bo-na) – Yes, I do.
• Person 1: Umushanga ufite? (u-mu-sha-nga u-fi-te?) – Do you have black?
• Person 2: Ndabona. (n-da-bo-na) – Yes, I do.

Related Lessons

• How to Say Hello and Greetings
• Food
• Drinks
• Days of the Week
• Feelings and Emotions
• Animals
• Education
• Clothes
• Count to 10

Sources

• https://www.omniglot.com/writing/kinyarwanda.htm (the Kinyarwanda language and its writing system)
• https://www.ethnologue.com/language/kin (the Kinyarwanda language and its dialects)