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Numbers in kiSwahili

Number = Nambari

PART 1 ............. scroll down for more lessons

0 (Zero) = Sefuri or Sifuri, people would understand if you told them Zero (written as ziro in kiSwahili)

1 Moja
2 Mbili
3 Tatu
4 nne (n-ne) [say 'n' as in Now, then pause and say 'ne' as in next] said in 3/4th of second
5 Tano
6 Sita
7 Saba
8 Nane
9 Tisa
10 Kumi
11 Kumi na moja (look at the pattern = ten and one)
12 kumi na mbili (ten and two)
13 kumi na tatu (ten and three)
19 kumi na tisa (ten and nine)
20 Ishirini
21 Ishirini na moja (watch the pattern again = Twenty and one)
30 Thalathini (both 'th's pronounced as th in think)
40 Arbaini or Arubaini
50 Khamsini (kh sounds like when you are trying to call a flem before spitting out)
60 Sitini
70 Sabini
80 Thamanini (again th as in think)
90 Tisini
100 Mia moja = one hundred (mia = hundred)
101 Mia moja na moja
102 Mia moja na mbili
200 Mia mbili (watch the pattern = hundred & two)
300 Mia tatu (hundred & three)
900 Mia tisa
1000 Elfu moja (elfu = thousand)
2000 Elfu mbili (watch the pattern)
9000 Elfu tisa
10,000 Elfu kumi (thousand & ten)
11,000 Elfu kumi na moja (thousand & ten and one)
11,001 Elfu kumi na moja na moja (thosand & ten and one and one)
12,105 Elfu kumi na mbili, mia moja na tano (thousand & ten and two, hundred one and five)
100,000 Laki moja (one lakh)
1,000,000 Milioni moja

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