Lesson 1: Greetings || Kinyarwanda for beginners

[@patricesekanyambo284]

Brother, God bless you richly for this incredible service. I have lost everything, my original name was changed, I lost my language, etc but not my blood. I am so glad that today every sister and brother is identified as 'Rwandan'. Today was the first day I took courage to start learning my mother's language-Kinyarwanda. I visited my country, Rwanda this December 2019 after 20 years, I could not hold tears of joy, one Immigration Officer at Kigali International Airport held my Foreign Passport and found a different Citizenship in it and he quickly greeted me 'Muraho' I was lost. He went into saying 'Uvuyehe'? I just said Brisbane. The Officer knew that I was one of them though I could not speak the language. I have decided to learn my language and I believe one day I will be able to speak. Luckly my mother and my father speaks Kinyarwanda. Please prepare more lessons for learners like me . Murakoze.

[@hodi-karibu]

Good luck it's very beautifull language !!

[@theoisback]

ooh that is a very heartwarming story. Your rwandan identity is your and will always be. Take advantage of your father and mother kinyarwanda, ask them a lot. It is not easy to hear, but it is 1000% worth it. Once my gym business takes off, I will focus on the language course again!

[@johnkande6523]

My brother I’m so happy to start leaning my mother’s language MURAKOZE

[@theoisback]

yego❤️❤️❤️

[@gr-iq7jz]

that is not murakoze that is kinyarwanda.

[@jeanclaudeiraguha2812]

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[@Olivefig-xv6fx]

Me too

[@N.rangirimanaFransisca]

​@@gr-iq7jz yes murakoze it's kinyarwanda language it like thanks

[@gunneroni]

I had two patients today who only spoke Kinyarwanda. I was definitely taken aback by this and felt scared that they were not being adequately cared for. I totally appreciate your teachings on the culture. Very helpful lesson!

[@IainStewartMusic]

Fantastic I have been waiting for someone who teach Kinyarwanda clearly

[@theoisback]

yeap :)

[@Kabuzebasiza]

We will teach you anytime you want we re here to help... feel free to ask

[@simonkabochi747]

Thank you so much for the lesson Sir

[@debbiemaxwellallen5631]

Thank you or these helpful videos. I'm taking my first trip to Rwanda next month.

[@gracemumbi6823]

Am so happy I found a platform to learn this

[@groffpaula]

Thank you so much! I'm visiting Kigali soon and I want to be respectful of your culture. Your videos are helping me do that. 🥰

[@theahazazachannel5409]

Agreed! This is a great video and one of very few resources when I first started learning. My husband and I have recently started doing our own version of Kinyarwanda lessons.

[@theoisback]

aah welcome

[@tshibangumlaeticia6022]

Murakoze

[@danieldibbern9799]

Murakoze!

[@hodi-karibu]

Good luck it's very beautifull language !! don't hesitate to ask for help !

[@linconlong5760]

Murakoze namwe

[@vanessakambi893]

i love this language with passion. thank you so much

[@theoisback]

me tooo :)

[@auddyhama2947]

Yesu Akuzwe iteka ryose Murakoze my bro

[@CindyBraddock]

So grateful for this. Thank you.

[@steorbord]

This is brilliant, thank you for these videos. I'm currently looking into Rwandan literature, and whilst the particular texts I'm reading are in French, the author references Kinyarwanda phrases enough to make me want to learn at least some of this beautiful language as well.

[@swimgal978]

Ah, I’ve been looking for Rwandan literature and haven’t found much! Would you be willing to share links or resources you’ve found so far? Thank you!

[@mariasolorio5215]

Thank you. I have a new student and he only speaks Kinyarwanda. So learning how to at least say hello and welcome are wonderful. Thank you again.

[@hermanrwaboona9198]

Urakoze

[@theoisback]

you are welcome

[@Howdy-k5j]

You are wrong it is thank you

[@olifabu]

That's a great job bro!!! Actually the most difference between formal and informal greetings is the starting word. For formal, we begin with 'Mu'. For example Muraho ? ( Hello) or Mumeze neza? ( Are you alright ?). But for informal greetings we just begin with U. For example uraho? Uraho neza? This 'neza' means good, and it's added just to emphasize your feelings. The other thing showing formal and informal greetings is the ending word. For example: Amakuru ?? This means how are you ??? You can say it just like this or you can add some other words. Example: Amakuru yawe? This is informal because 'yawe' means you in informal situation . Amakuru yanyu ?? This 'yanyu' means you but in formal situation .

[@NiyonsabaFulgence-tq3gr]

Good insight!

[@idazerrr]

thank you so much for teaching kinyarwanda. i've tried so many times to learn it but it was really hard since we didn't have such ressources. your lessons are erfect for beginners like me (even tough my whole family seacks kinyarwanda. i'll finally be able to understand when they talk lol

[@theoisback]

great, just keep on practising and you will get better over time!

[@machiamabembenya7620]

I am a Tanzanian I am very interest in learning kinyarwanda may I have your e-mail please

[@djatottimixsprossd8878]

Thanks bro, for your teaching in Kinyarwanda languages. I am from South Sudan living in Western Australia. This will help me in future when I pass via Rwanda one day.

[@theoisback]

yes you are very welcome

[@mutsinzienock]

Welcome in Kigali

[@djatottimixsprossd8878]

You are the best man. I am from South Sudan living in Western Australia. You made me to learn little bit of kirwanda language.

[@ajayganglover8478]

So beautiful video

[@theoisback]

Thank you so much

[@vincentvitalius9346]

Asante sana

[@Olivefig-xv6fx]

Am so glad to learn my language. Been away from my people for so long.

[@akandikajwi]

Ni byiza cyane

[@franciscojosedasilva2802]

Looking forward to see more videos on Ikinyarwanda

[@mugumejoshua8376]

Thank you for the lesson

[@loraineeugenio1796]

I have been looking for something like this. I'm Kenyan and willing to learn kinyarwanda and your culture.Great

[@theoisback]

nice, welcome

[@bobiwineholicuganda3739]

Urakoze cyabe am a Ugandan and very soon I want to come to rwanda

[@hodi-karibu]

Good luck it's very beautifull language !! don't hesitate to ask for help !

[@theoisback]

welcome!

[@joywinnie7942]

I really appreciate your teaching bro,,,

[@oliveakigz5571]

Thank u so much much am going to learn kinyarwanda from here and will surprise my in laws and my boyfriend when i can speak atleast. Am so excited about this

[@kylexy9408]

Where are you from?

[@hodi-karibu]

Good luck it's very beautifull language !!

[@wilsonmpakana6499]

A beautiful lesson, orakoze

[@kalafauziya9779]

Thank you sweetheart I find it easy to learn I was scared for hearing the greetings for the first time but I start with your lesson 2 and it's help me get it clear you are my teacher forever and ever thank you with much love so do well to cover on everything for us to learn from

[@theoisback]

glad i could help a bit 😃

[@jamescogdillandangelacours3852]

theo thank yo so much, your video was so helpful to me, I will keep following you.

[@alexisnangonzi3515]

I am so so happy that am learning now kinyarwanda and i like to speak it with friends

[@theoisback]

yes, keep learning :)

[@nassaazidinah2649]

Much love from Uganda 🇺🇬

[@christinenkatha9557]

i have always wanted to learn Kinyarwanda, i enjoyed the lesson on my way to learning more thank you

[@theoisback]

glad you like them. more lessons are coming

[@aman6k341]

Thank you my wife is from Rwanda and this is video helping me a lot

[@surfnQ]

Excellent!! Can't wait to visit Rwanda this year!!

[@magenehenrigrace7760]

U a welcome

[@vanessambabaziutube2158]

Thanks... This is really helpful for us learners or beginners

[@theoisback]

It's my pleasure

[@lindato9581]

Thank you so much! Your Videos are so great and helpful! God bless you!

[@theoisback]

thank you!

[@whaynelongjhonsondanglesmo986]

Thankyou theo

[@viktoriyam5642]

Thank you!! Very helpful 🙂!

[@sikubwaburonald]

Orakoze cyane! am also interested in learning this language

[@theoisback]

Well, you came to the right address! *urakoze

[@hmiadsaeed4043]

Thanks am munywalwanda but I Born in Uganda I learn more about you

[@hodi-karibu]

Good luck it's very beautifull language !! don't hesitate to ask for help !

[@pochokat6443]

Love this

[@only1jlg]

I’m so happy I found this I’ve been looking for help to communicate with my neighbors. I know the video is old but it’s right on time.

[@theoisback]

Hope you can put it to a great use.

[@katushabejulianah981]

Wooow it interesting cos now am not in rwanda but learning my mother language

[@patbo_]

I'm so excited 😍😎

[@theoisback]

yeahhh

[@TumwebazeFelex]

July 24 am subscribing

[@kabasiresixbert3542]

Vry nc guy

[@hemz-lifeasitis7027]

Excellent

[@theoisback]

Thanks

[@arinolaonuchejohnson807]

Thanks for this

[@KyasiimireGrace]

Wow thanks 👍

[@cartic.t]

Thank you so much for uploading these, Theo! :-) I am from India, my father has been working in Kigali for over a year now, and always says such amazing things about the country and its people - how Kigali is beautiful and extremely neat and tidy, how warm and welcoming the people have been to him, and how beautiful the countryside is once you drive outside of Kigali. I hope to visit him in Rwanda soon and explore for myself, and I'll make sure I know at least some Kinyarwanda before then.

[@theoisback]

aah, thank him for the kind word about Rwanda. See you in Rwanda than :) #visitrwanda

[@kapangwajerome2122]

Kartick welcome to Rwanda we teaching you kinyarwanda And also like Hindi language SHUKRIYA!

[@kabutvofficial7875]

Thanks dear

[@RedScareClair]

This is great! Thanks!

[@hildajeremia6697]

Thanks a lot Bro. This is the first day I bigin to learn Kinyarwanda. You are a good teacher. It is just yesterday I discovered that one of my parents is from Rwanda. I must learn this language and I am happy to do so. Orakose

[@theoisback]

aah good luck !

[@hakzinho11]

Hes really good

[@sisipetkova]

I love your videos! I will start learning kinyarwanda with them. I just came back from Rwanda and I loved it❤️ Thank you for all the videos it is very helpful!

[@gonzaphiona6411]

Wow , this feels like home 🥰😌

[@BrandonAhmaud]

Great video.

[@theoisback]

thanks

[@ajayganglover8478]

Mast

[@cassandra2968]

Are you still doing kinyarwanda lessons? :) they are great and sadly there aren't many resources online for the language :(

[@theoisback]

Yes, more lessons are coming. You are right, we need more Kinyarwanda resources

[@dtangent]

Working on it too, starting website for that, kinyarwanda.com

[@Jairo-pr1gk]

@Thanos don't act like that, why did you even click on this video if it doesn't interest you.

[@kendrawillard4108]

Thank you for putting the greetings into social context.

[@theoisback]

you are welcome :)

[@nassaazidinah2649]

Am happy to be here learning my Language though am a Ugandan but my origin is Rwanda

[@Afroxidental123]

"Yesu akuzwe" must be said "Yes'akuzwe" without pronouncing the letter "u". There is another greeting in kinyarwanda: "amashyo" and you respond "amashyongore." This one is mostly used by the old people and means to wish you a lot of cows(riches).

[@theoisback]

Yes, thats true. And thank you, I totally forgot about amashyo

[@pzig9828]

N

[@uwimanaafia9726]

Wooow thx very much

[@olivierisScience]

I think for foxes who are starting learning it's quite hard. our language is hard, so better go slow with 2 greetings for example and later you can learn others.

[@abshir2010]

lol

[@Emma-on9nu]

It helps me a lot:)) I might visit Kigali this year. Murakoze!!!

[@Creativechessyoda]

About to learn this language, and just after watching this video I know it will be fun, and easy. Thanks for sharing!!!

[@theahazazachannel5409]

Agreed! This is a great video and one of very few resources when I first started learning. My husband and I have recently started doing our own version of Kinyarwanda lessons.

[@theoisback]

You can do it!

[@theoisback]

good luck!

[@ariesleorising9421]

This is a lovely language! I teach a few students from Rwanda and I am trying to learn some phrases to surprise them with!😍

[@theoisback]

ahhh , awesome idea!

[@danielchiyu7336]

Same here mate

[@lesliejeancamp]

My friends and I read for the blind. We read Cattle Praise Song this week. Your lessons were a great help.

[@theoisback]

Glad to hear

[@its_baddo.3843]

I love To speak this language 💚

[@theoisback]

yegoo 👍🏾😀

[@maureenagness357]

am enjoying the lessons

[@theoisback]

thankss

[@BelovedH18]

My dad was from Rwanda and married my mum from Eastern Uganda. We never got to learn this language and we would be looked down on coz we don't look like real Rwandese. So I wasn't into it until when my uncle is insisting for us to learn our culture and language. So thank you.

[@theoisback]

aah good. you are welcome

[@iayyam]

thank you brother

[@solitudeape]

This is such a good channel! I'm going to spend another summer in Rwanda this year. This time I want to put more effort into learning Kinyarwanda and your videos are useful.

[@thecookingkikuyu97]

How to learn kinyarwanda, and it landed me here, this my first lesson, am from Kenya

[@theoisback]

Murakaza Neza

[@deejaypato256]

Thx alot for the video

[@semharkiros2619]

Good job my teacher 👏

[@theoisback]

Thank you! 😃

[@namusokemaria9213]

Wooow am saved

[@hodi-karibu]

Good luck it's very beautifull language !!

[@nimanbaylechannel3287]

I trying to read thanks bro keep going

[@eliemasezerano6844]

Good job bro. Murakoze!

[@hodi-karibu]

Good luck it's very beautifull language !!

[@jeffchurum1431]

Oh my gosh am surprised your language sounds similar to my mother tongue language Kikuyu yet we very far apart. Interesting.

[@cressy1988]

Jeff ChuruMaina All part of the Bantu language family. Africans are closer than we realize sometimes

[@trendeous4070]

Because it's a Bantu language, yes there are words i understand when a Kyuk speaks yet i am a Ugandan and it's the same thing to Kinyarwanda

[@sanyufroramutesi4411]

It's because we're all Africans

[@eduwadokayondo]

Thank you very much.I am Ugandan but of Rwandese decent, though I new a few Kinyarwanda words.

[@theoisback]

ooh wow! how far long does your lineage go?

[@DenverHornsbyJr]

Wow, what a great service! I wish I found your channel a few years ago. I speak English only for now. But I want to speak Kinyarwandan.

[@theoisback]

It's never too late to learn

[@sketcharobin8349]

Imma visit the place

[@theoisback]

welcome!

[@mapenzikahongya6084]

I am a Congolese but I am learning kinyarwanda with pleasure. I hope I will get it

[@theoisback]

you will!

[@BarbraMirios-t5r]

Thank you very much sir ❤ have really gained much from you I am a Uganda with arwandese boyfriend.

[@kalafauziya9779]

Great

[@gladysluwagga2889]

Ma late grand parents settled in uganda so we the children were born in uganda but ma mom n dad r form Rwanda so this gave mi interest to study the kinyarwanda language

[@mariefitzsimmons4037]

Really appreciating your help!

[@theoisback]

you are most welcome :)

[@rutamujyanyejuvenal4843]

theoisback kinyarwanda

[@marianakuti3191]

Love it

[@kashaijahamson8490]

wow thank you...

[@caseyaulbach7693]

Very interesting and beautiful language. I plan on traveling to Rwanda this year and I want to make an effort to learn the indigenous language, instead of relying on English and French. Thanks for the upload!

[@theoisback]

welcome welcome

[@mephtec]

@Deutscher Thanos was laberst du eigentlich für einen dreck?

[@kapindamulajaritamwema9781]

I'm learning kinyarwanda please more explanation

[@veinsofJourney]

great hope I really learn it so wen I travel to Rwanda I can impress the ladies

[@theoisback]

keep practicing , you will get there ;)

[@kylexy9408]

😂😂😂😂

[@theonistar5077]

Teach us more

[@ishejanessy5548]

can you do some easy words and sentece

[@theoisback]

I will think about it

[@VICTOIREUSHINDI-d6x]

i have got a question for you teacher why hello is informal greeting but you said that muraho is a formal greeting , that was my challenge and thanks for today and may God bless ya

[@playoffp2195]

Great content!!!

[@theoisback]

thank you !

[@carolmalingu6899]

Thank you am trying to teach my kids

[@theoisback]

All the best !

[@owaragahussein1077]

Big deal broooo 🙏