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Learn Kirundi Basics

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The Kirundi Basics contains Units 1-30 comes with 29 CD's and a 590 page textbook or 1 DVD with audio on MP3 and the textbook on a PDF file.

Unit 1 - Exchange greetings and getting acquainted

Unit 2 - Looking for work

Unit 3 - Where do people live and work?

Unit 4 - Getting help in the language

Unit 5 - Arranging for help in language study

Unit 6 - Comparing notes about the language study

Unit 7 - Family relationships

Unit 8 - More about family relationships

Unit 9 - More about family relationships

Unit 10 - Review

Unit 11 - Getting street directions

Unit 12 - More street directions

Unit 13 - Planning a short trip

Unit 14 - Buying food

Unit 15 - Buying clothing

Unit 16 - Buying food at the door

Unit 17 - Eating

Unit 18 - Work in the kitchen

Unit 19 - Restaurant and kitchen

Unit 20 - Review

Unit 21 - Caring for children

Unit 22 - Climate and weather

Unit 23 - Seasonal crops

Unit 24 - The geography of Burundi

Unit 25 - A visit to a friend's home

Unit 26 - Car trouble

Unit 27 - The government of Burundi

Unit 28 - Miscellaneous topics

Unit 29 - Short dialogues

Unit 30 - Short texts, with questions and answers

Kirundi is the principal language of Burundi. It shares a high degree of mutual intelligibility with Kinyarwanda, the language of Rwanda - considered together the cluster Kirundi-Kinyarwanda ranks third among Bantu languages.