Friday 19 July 2019

Lesson 10 (somo la 10). Counting in Swahili (how to count in Swahili?)

Counting numbers in Kiswahili (Kuhesabu namba kwa Kiswahili)

1 - Moja
2 - mbili
3 - tatu 
4 - nne
5 - tano
6 - sita
7 - saba
8 - nane
9 - tisa
10 - kumi
11 - kumi na moja
12 - kumi na mbili
13 - kumi na tatu
14 - kumi na nne
15 - kumi na tano
16 - kumi na sita
17 - kumi na saba
18 - kumi na nane
19 - kumi na tisa
20 - ishirini
21 - ishirini na moja 
22 - ishirini na mbili
23 - ishirini na tatu
24 - ishirini na nne
25 - ishirini na tano
26 - ishirini na sita
27 - ishirini na saba 
28 - ishirini na nane
29 - ishirini na tisa
30 - thelathini
31 - thelathini na moja
32 - thelathini na mbili
33 - thelathini na tatu
34 - thelathini na nne
35 - thelathini na tano
36 - thelathini na sita
37 - thelathini na saba
38 - thelathini na nane
39 - thelathini na tisa
40 - arobaini
41 - arobaini na moja 
42 - arobaini na mbili
43 - arobaini na tatu......
         (continue counting using the above system)
50 - hamsini
60 - sitini
70 - sabini
80 - themanini
90 - tisini
100 - miamoja (mia)
101 - miamoja na moja
102 - miamoja na mbili
103 - miamoja na tatu ....
         (continue counting using the above system)
200 - miambili
201 - miambili na moja
202 - miambili na mbili
203 - miambili na tatu .....
          (continue counting using the above system)
300 - miatatu
301 - miatatu na moja
302 - miatatu na mbili
303 - miatatu na tatu .......
          (continue counting using the above system)
400 - mianne
401 - mianne na moja
402 - mianne na mbili
403 - mianne na tatu.....
          (continue counting using the above system)
500 - mia tano
501 - mia tano na moja
502 - mia tano na mbili .....
         (continue counting using the above system)
600 - mia sita
601 - mia sita na moja
602 - mia sita na mbili .....
         (continue counting using the above system)
700 - mia saba
701 - mia saba na moja
702 - mia saba na mbili .....
          (continue counting using the above system)
800 - mia nane
801 - mia nane na moja
802 - mia nane na mbili ....
          (continue counting using the above system)
900 - mia tisa
901 - mia tisa na moja 
902 - mia tisa na mbili ....
         (continue counting using the above system)
1000 - elfu moja
1001 - elfu moja na moja
1010 - elfu moja na kumi
1100 - elfu moja na mia moja
1111 - elfu moja na mia moja kumi na moja
1112 - elfu moja na mia moja kumi na mbili
1500 - elfu moja na mia tano
2000 - elfu mbili
3000 - elfu tatu
4000 - elfu nne
5000 - elfu tano 
9999 - elfu tisa, mia tisa tisini na tisa....
         (continue counting using the above system)
10000 - elfu kumi
12000 - elfu kumi na mbili
19000 - elfu kumi na tisa
19999 - elfu kumi na tisa, mia tisa tisini na tisa
20000 elfu ishirini
30000 elfu thelathini
40000 elfu arobaini
50000 elfu hamsini....
100000 laki moja
200000 laki mbili
1000000 milioni moja
2000000 milioni mbili
3000000 milioni tatu .....
10000000 milioni kumi
100000000 milioni mia moja
1000000000 bilioni moja
1 000 000 000 000 tilioni moja

Kwanza - first
pili - second
tatu - third
nne - forth
tano - fifth
sita - sixth 
saba - seventh 
nane - eighth 
tisa - ninth
kumi - tenth  





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