monete

v.

1. they saw, experienced. They saw, experienced. Past tense form indicating what people have witnessed or experienced, often used in narrative contexts to describe events that have occurred.

Example: Anga ti kuona monete indo cia gũtahwo, na nĩ kũgayana maracigayana? (“They must be dividing the spoil they took:); Magĩgĩthiĩ magĩkinya kwĩ Jakubu, ithe wao, kũu bũrũri wa Kanaani, magĩkĩmwĩra maũndũ mothe marĩa monete, makiuga atĩrĩ, (When they got back to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them.)