asking where one is going in Kinyarwanda

Tugiye he? [Too-gi -ye he]

Ugiye he [oo-gi -ye he]

You use “Ugiye he” to address to 1 or many people at once.

Tugiye i Kigali

To respond to where are you going, you can say “Tugiye i Kigali”, meaning we are going To Kigali, “Tugiye i Nyamirambo”, meaning we are going to Nyamirambo.

Other examples:

• Tugiye i Nyanza – we are going to Nyanza
• Tugiye i Nyamasheke – we are going to Nyamasheke

Ngiye

You use “Ngiye” for singular form of “we are going”, meaning I am going.

Examples:

• Ngiye i Kigali
• Ngiye i Nyammirambo
• Ngiye i Nyanza

As you may have already figured out, whenever you want to say “I am going”, you just use “Ngiye”. “i” after that is for location. If you want to say “I am going to eat, to work, to…<verb>, then that “i” is nolonger required

Examples:

• Ngiye Kurya – I am going To eat
• Ngiye Kugura – I am going to buy
• Ngiye Kuvoma – I am going to fetch