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🤗 Kinyarwanda Greetings for Everyday Life
Hi Kinyarwanda learners! 😃
Do you want to learn how to say “Hello” in Kinyarwanda?
Greetings are an important part of any language because they allow you to connect and communicate with others.
If you’re planning a trip to the country or are trying to learn Kinyarwanda, keep reading to discover some of the most important greetings.
Let’s get started! 🤗
Greetings
| English | Kinyarwanda |
|---|---|
| greeting spoken to a stranger or after a long absence, spoken to a group of people | Muraho |
| greeting spoken to a stranger or after a long absence, spoken to one person | Uraho |
| informal greeting | Bite |
| morning greeting spoken to a group of people | Mwaramutse |
| morning greeting spoken to one person | Waramutse |
| morning greeting spoken to one person | Waramutse ho |
| afternoon and evening greeting spoken to a group of people | Mwiriwe |
| afternoon and evening greeting spoken to a group of people | Mwiriwe neza |
| afternoon and evening greeting spoken to one person | Wiiriwe |
| afternoon and evening greeting spoken to one person | Wiiriwe ho |
| nighttime greeting spoken to a group of people | Muramuke |
| nighttime greeting spoken to one person | Uramuke |
| how are you? (literally, "what's the news?") | Amakuru? |
| how are you? (literally, "what's the news?") | Amakuru ki? |
| how are you? | Umese gute? |
| how are you? informal | Bitese? |
| reply to Amakuru Amakuri ki, Umeze gute, and Bitese | Ni meza |
| welcome greeting spoken to a group of people | Murakaza neza |
| welcome greeting spoken to one person | Urakaza neza |
Sources
Polyglot Club thanks Jennifer Runner for her outstanding work in collecting some of the phrases for this Kinyarwanda lesson. 👍
Her objective is, like the Polyglot Club, to promote intercultural communication and understanding and to raise awareness of linguistic diversity in the world. ✨
- More information on her website: http://users.elite.net/runner/jennifers/