1.16 Directions - Basic Conversation

Question 1

Stop!
Turn.
Help!
Go.
Wait.
Drive!

Commands require dropping the prefix ku or du from the verb.

Answer 1

Hagarara!
Hindukira.
Fasha!
Genda.
Tegereza.
Twara!

Question 2

Stop here.
Turn there.
Drive over there.
Go straight ahead.
Help me.
Take the left.
Turn (cut) right.

Answer 2

Hagara hano.
Hindukira aho.
Twara hariya.
Mfasha.
Kata ibumoso.
Fata iburyo.

Question 3

To a taxi driver.

Drive fast
Go slow
Turn here
Take (turn) a right
Cut (turn) left

Answer 3

Twara vuba vuba.
Genda buhoro buhoro
Hindukira hano.
Fata iburyo.
Kata ibumoso

Question 4

Translate to English:

Twara hariya.
Mfasha.
Kata iburyo.
Fata ibimoso.
Hagara aho.
Hindukira hano.

Answer 4

Drive over there.
Help me.
Turn (cut) right.
Take the left.
Stop there.
Turn here.

Question 5

Where are you going?
I am going to Kagugu.
What house number?
KG 469, number 8.
Is it far.
It is not far. It is near.

Answer 5

Ugiye he?
Ngiye i Kagugu.
Nomero ki y’inzu?
KG magana ane mirongwe itandatu n’iyenda, numero umunane.
Ni kure.
Oya, ntabwo ari kure. Ari hafi.

Question 6

Where do you live (reside)?
District?
Sector?
Street?
House number?

Answer 6

Uratura he?
Akarere?
Umurenge?
Umuhanda?
Nomero y’inzu?

Question 7

You are waiting here.
I am waiting over there.
We are taking KG 3 road.
They are turning left.
They are turning (cuttting) right.

Answer 7

Urategereza hano.
Ndategereza hariya.
Durafata umunhanda KG itatu.
Barahindukira ibumoso.
Barakata iburyo.

Question 8

Is there a school?
There is a museum here.
Are there hotels there?
Where is the school?
The museum is here.
Where are the hotels?

Answer 8

Hari ishuri?
Hano hari mize.
Aho hari amahoteri?
Ishuri iri he?
Mize iri hano.
Amahoteri ari he?

Question 9

There is a house near here?
There is a restaurant is near the shop?
There is a pharmacy is near by?
The library is near the embassy.
Are the shops near the market?
Where is a hospital near there?

Answer 9

Hari inzu hafi aha?
Hari resitora hafi y’iduka?
Hari farumasi hafi aha?
Isomero riri hafi ya ambasade.
Amaduka ari hafi y’isoko?
Ibitaro hafi ya aho biri he?

Question 10

Take the road.
Simba Supermarketi is at the beginning.
The hospital is at the end.
The pharmacy is in the middle.
The restaurant is not of this road.

Answer 10

Fata umuhanda.
Simba Supermarketi iri mu ntangiriro.
Ibitaro iri iherezo.
Farumasi iri hagati.
Restaurant ntabwo iri muri uyu muhanda.

Question 11

There are many places on the road.
The shops are on the left.
The library is on the right.
The office is on left.
The offices are on the right.

Answer 11

Hari ahantu henshi mu umuhanda.
Amaduka ari ibumoso.
Isomero riri iburyo.
Ibiro biri ibumoso.
Ibitaro biri iburyo.

Question 12

Where is the bank?
Go straight for five hundred meters.
Turn left.
Take the second right in two hundred meters.
The bank is at the end of the street.

Answer 12

Banki iri he?
Komeza mbere muri metero magana atanu
Hindukirira ibumoso.
Fata iburyo bwa kabiri muri metero abiri.
Banki iri ku mpera yumuhanda.

Question 13

Where is the airport from the American Embassy?
You take the RN3 in front of the Embassy.
You go two kilometers to the roundabout. Turn left.
You go one kilometer to the roundabout. Turn left.
You go five kilometers to the airport.

Answer 13

Ikibuga cy’indege kirihe muri Ambasade y’Abanyamerika?
Ufata RN3 imbere ya Ambasade.
Ugenda ibirometero bibiri kugera kumuzenguruko. Hindukirira ibumoso.
Ugenda kilometero imwe kugera kumuzenguruko. Hindukirira ibumoso.
Ugenda ibirometero bitanu kugera kukibuga cy’indege.

Question 14

The bank is across from the market.
The house is next to the shop.
The library is between the shops.
There is a restaurant behind the embassy.
Is there hotel above the shops?
There is parking below the supermarket.

Answer 14

Banki iri ahateganye n’isoko.
Inzu iri iruhande rw’iduka.
Isomero riri hagati yububiko.
Hari resitora inyuma ya ambasade.
Hari hoteri hejuru y’amaduka?
Hari parikingi hepfo ya supermarket.