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UnisexSouthern African (Shona, Sotho, Tswana and others)

Keitumetse

Setswana for "I am happy", the perfect-tense form of itumela, to rejoice.

Meaning and origin

Keitumetse is built on the same verb as Itumeleng, itumela, to rejoice, but puts it in the perfect tense with the first-person prefix ke-, so it states "I have become glad" rather than issuing a command.

How to pronounce Keitumetse

English (US)keh-ee-too-MET-seh /keɪtuːˈmɛtseɪ/

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