Looking for practical Yucatec Maya to Kinyarwanda phrases? This free guide lists 100 essential sentences for travel, study, work, and everyday conversation. Each line shows the Yucatec Maya phrase first, then the Kinyarwanda translation (Kinyarwanda) — 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 Kinyarwanda.
Tip: pick five Kinyarwanda phrases from the greetings section and use them in a real message today. Small daily practice beats cramming before a trip.
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Greetings and pleasantries
Hello, goodbye, please, thank you, and polite introductions for meeting new people.
Ba'ax ka wa'alik
Muraho
Yum bo'otik
Urakoze
Bix a k'iik
Bwakire bwiza
Bix a k'iik tu yook
Nimugoroba mwiza
Bix a k'iik tu ka'ab
Mwaramutse mwiza
Bix a k'iik tu nojoch k'iik
Ijoro ryiza
Tuméen k'i'ik
Tuzabonana nyuma
K'a'abet
Murabeho
¿Ba'ax k'i'ik a na'atik?
Witwa nde?
In na'atik John
Nitwa John
¿Bix a k'áatech?
Umeze ute?
K'a'abéet in k'áatech
Nishimiye kukumenya
Useful phrases for travellers
Airport, hotel, tickets, and transport phrases for getting around on a trip.
¿Tú k'áat u yook'ol English?
Uravuga Icyongereza?(tu kaat u yokol English)
Téen in k'áat u yook'ol Hindi ma' k'i'ik'
Sinavuga Hindi neza(teen in kaat u yokol Hindi ma ki'ik')
Ma' in k'áatech
Sinumva(ma in kaatech)
Por favor, k'áatech k'i'ik'
Nyabuneka vuga buhoro(por favor kaatech ki'ik')
¿Tú k'áat u k'áatech in k'i'ik'?
Wabivuga ukundi?(tu kaat u kaatech in ki'ik')
¿Ba'ax k'i'ik' u k'áak'?
Aho ubwiherero buri he?(ba'ax ki'ik' u kaak')
¿Ba'ax k'áat in k'áatech u k'i'ik' tu k'i'ik'?
Nagenda nte ku mugi?(ba'ax kaat in kaatech u ki'ik' tu ki'ik')
K'áatech tu'ux
Hindukira ibumoso(kaatech tux)
K'áatech tu k'i'ik'
Hindukira iburyo(kaatech tu ki'ik')
K'i'ik' tu k'i'ik'
Genda imbere(ki'ik' tu ki'ik')
¿Ba'ax k'i'ik' u k'i'ik'?
Igiciro ni ikihe?(ba'ax ki'ik' u ki'ik')
K'i'ik' ba'ax, por favor
Itike imwe, nyabuneka(ki'ik' ba'ax por favor)
¿Téen u k'i'ik' ma' k'i'ik'?
Ni kure hano?(teen u ki'ik' ma ki'ik')
Téen in k'áat in k'i'ik'
Ndi mu kaga(teen in kaat in ki'ik')
¿Ba'ax k'áat in k'áatech u k'i'ik' SIM?
Nshobora kugura SIM card he?(ba'ax kaat in kaatech u ki'ik' SIM)
Everyday conversation
Small talk, feelings, opinions, and common chat phrases for daily life.
Ja'ab'
Yego(ya'ab')
Ma'
Oya(ma')
K'a'abet
Birashoboka(ka'ab')
In k'áat u
Ndemeranya(in k'at u)
Ma' in k'áat u
Sinemeranya(ma' in k'at u)
Ba'ax k'i'ik'
Birumvikana neza(ba'ax k'i'ik')
Ba'ax k'a'atech?
Ubitekerezaho iki?(ba'ax k'a'atech)
¿K'a'atech in wóol?
Urashobora kumfasha?(k'a'atech in wóol)
In wóol k'i'ik'
Nkeneye ubufasha(in wóol k'i'ik')
T'aan u k'i'ik'
Tegereza gato(taan u k'i'ik')
In k'i'ik'
Ndakwinginze(in k'i'ik')
Ma' k'i'ik'
Nta kibazo(ma' k'i'ik')
K'i'ik' a k'i'ik'
Ibyishimo(k'i'ik' a k'i'ik')
K'i'ik' u k'i'ik' a k'i'ik'
Isabukuru nziza(k'i'ik' u k'i'ik' a k'i'ik')
K'a'ab' u k'i'ik' a t'aan
Ugire urugendo rwiza(ka'ab' u k'i'ik' a t'aan)
Directions and getting around
Asking where something is, left and right, distances, and finding your way.