Looking for practical Kinyarwanda to Kiga phrases? This free guide lists 100 essential sentences for travel, study, work, and everyday conversation. Each line shows the Kinyarwanda phrase first, then the Kiga translation (Kiga) — so you can scan quickly before a trip, class, or video call.
The phrases are grouped into eight topics: greetings and pleasantries, useful phrases for travellers, everyday conversation, directions and getting around, shopping and dining, emergencies and health, work and business, and time, days and numbers. Use the table of contents to jump straight to greetings, directions, dining, emergencies, or numbers. You do not need perfect grammar to start — short, clear sentences often work better than silence when you are learning Kiga.
Tip: focus on one section per day (travel Monday, dining Tuesday, and so on) if you are preparing for a Kiga-speaking trip in a few weeks.
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Greetings and pleasantries
Hello, goodbye, please, thank you, and polite introductions for meeting new people.
Muraho
Okwagala
Urakoze
Webale
Bwakire bwiza
Osiibye bulungi
Nimugoroba mwiza
Osiibye bulungi
Mwaramutse mwiza
Osiibye bulungi
Ijoro ryiza
Osiibye bulungi
Tuzabonana nyuma
Tugenda okukutana
Murabeho
Nkwagala
Witwa nde?
Erinnya lyo ani?
Nitwa John
Erinnya lyange nze John
Umeze ute?
Oli otya?
Nishimiye kukumenya
Nneebwanga okukuyita
Useful phrases for travellers
Airport, hotel, tickets, and transport phrases for getting around on a trip.
Uravuga Icyongereza?
Oli muwandiika kiingereza?
Sinavuga Hindi neza
Sikuwandiika Hindi bulungi.
Sinumva
Sikuganya.
Nyabuneka vuga buhoro
Nkwenda okwandiika bulungi.
Wabivuga ukundi?
Osobola okuwandiika ekyo na?
Aho ubwiherero buri he?
Ekitanda kiki?
Nagenda nte ku mugi?
Nkwenda otya mu kiti?
Hindukira ibumoso
Genda ku kkono.
Hindukira iburyo
Genda ku ddyo.
Genda imbere
Genda mu maaso.
Igiciro ni ikihe?
Ekitundu kiki?
Itike imwe, nyabuneka
Ekitanda emu, nyamba.
Ni kure hano?
Kiki ekitundu okuva wano?
Ndi mu kaga
Ndi mu kwegendereza.
Nshobora kugura SIM card he?
Nkwenda kutuuka wa SIM card?
Everyday conversation
Small talk, feelings, opinions, and common chat phrases for daily life.
Yego
Eee
Oya
Oya
Birashoboka
Wali
Ndemeranya
Ndiinze
Sinemeranya
Sindiinze
Birumvikana neza
Ekitanga kiza
Ubitekerezaho iki?
Oteka ki?
Urashobora kumfasha?
Okwetegera?
Nkeneye ubufasha
Nfuna okwetegera
Tegereza gato
Leka akaseke
Ndakwinginze
Ndi mwefwe
Nta kibazo
Tera kintu
Ibyishimo
Nkwagala
Isabukuru nziza
Okwagala omwaka omukya
Ugire urugendo rwiza
Okwetegera mu nsi
Directions and getting around
Asking where something is, left and right, distances, and finding your way.
Aho ikigo cy'igariyamoshi kiri?
Eri heza y'ekitabo?(Eri heza y'ekitabo?)
Aho ahagarara bisi?
Eri heza y'ekibuga?(Eri heza y'ekibuga?)
Ni iyihe platform?
Ekiyungiriro ki?(Ekiyungiriro ki?)
Igihe izava ryari?
Ekitonde ki?(Ekitonde ki?)
Ese iyi niyo nzira nziza?
Oni omukono ogw'ekirungi?(Oni omukono ogw'ekirungi?)
Iri hafi hano
Eri wansi wano(Eri wansi wano)
Iri kure hano
Eri kure wano(Eri kure wano)
Ushobora kumfasha ku ikarita?
Oyinza okundabira ku karita?(Oyinza okundabira ku karita?)
Hagarara hano, nyabuneka
Mugume wano, nyabo(Mugume wano, nyabo)
Bifata igihe kingana iki?
Ekitanga ki?(Ekitanga ki?)
Shopping and dining
Ordering food, asking prices, paying the bill, and shopping at markets or stores.
Iyi igura angahe?
Ekitanga ki?(ekitanga ki)
Ibyo ni ibihenze cyane.
Ekitanga ky'ekikula(ekitanga ky'ekikula)
Ufite ikintu cyoroheje?
Oli n'ekintu ekirungi?(oli n'ekintu ekirungi)
Nshobora kwishyura n'ikarita?
Nkwenda okwekwasa ku kadi?(nkwenda okwekwasa ku kadi)
Nashaka ameza y'abantu babiri.
Nkwenda akatabo ku b'abiri(nkwenda akatabo ku b'abiri)