Possession Sentences in Kirundi
Possession sentences in Kirundi follow a simple pattern: a name, then afise, then the object. Data afise icupa — Dad has a bottle. Keza afise amahera — Keza has money. Six sentences, one structure, and a child who hears it twice can use it in their own.
This possession sentences in Kirundi lesson covers six everyday sentences — a parent with a bottle, a child with money, someone with an umbrella. The vocabulary is familiar from earlier lessons: icupa from basics, umutaka from basics, isakoshi from objects. The sentence wraps what the child already knows in a new pattern.
Lionel Kubwimana, a native Kirundi speaker from Bujumbura, recorded each sentence. The word afise is the one to get right — play it alone before hearing it in the full sentence.
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Say a possession sentence about something visible in the room. Point at a bag: afise isakoshi. Pick up a broom: afise umukubuzo. The object should already be there — the sentence names what you are looking at.
The six sentences in this lesson also include counting: kabura afise abana batatu (Kabura has three children). That connects back to the counting lesson — the child recognises batatu and hears it in a new context.
The premium course adds a practice game so a child can work through possession sentences independently, with score tracking across sessions.
Audio recorded by Lionel Kubwimana, native Kirundi speaker from Bujumbura.
These are possession sentences a Kirundi-speaking family uses in everyday conversation — not a grammar table. A parent who is not yet fluent can still use this lesson: say the sentence while pointing at the object, then play Lionel Kubwimana's recording so your child hears the correct form. This lesson is for any parent raising a child with Kirundi at home, wherever that home is.