TOPIC FOUR-COUNTING IN KISWAHILI
Countng in kiswahili language is very simple.
One (Moja), two(mbili) ,three (Tatu), four(nne), tano(five) Sita(six) seven(Saba) eight (nane), nine (Tisa), Ten(kumi).
Then tens will follow for examples”kumi”means ten,
“Ishirini”means twenty,”thelathini”means thirty,”Arubaini” Means fouty,”hamsini”means fifty”,sitini”means sixty “Sabini”means seventy,”themanini”means eighty, “tisini” means nighnty,”mia Moja”means one hundred.
Then you will go on counting by adding the normal
numbers as two hundred to nine hundred like mia mbili for two hundred”mia tatu” for three hundred”mia nne” for four hundred”mia tano”for five hundred”mia sita” for six hundred”mia Saba”for seven hundred”mia nane”for
eighty hundred”mia tisa”for nine hundred then you go on as the same way as how you used to count hundreds and thousand using num
A million is also called”milioni”,then you have to tell the numbers
as usual to differentiate how many millions are you talking about?
It is one million?or two millions etc.just as how you did in counting
hundreds and thousands.The following is a kiswahili numbers system
with it’s equal valence in numerical.
Kiswahili Numericals Moja
- Moja
- Mbili
- Tatu
- Nne
- tano
- Sita
- Saba
- nane
- Tisa
- Kumi
- Kumi na Moja
- Kumi na mbili
- Kumi na Tatu
- Kumi na nne
- Kumi na tano
- Kumi na sita
- Kumi na Saba
- Kumi na nane
- Kumi na Tisa
- Ishirini
- Therty 40. Fourty 50. Firty 60. Sixty 70. Seventy 80. Eighty 90. Nighty 100. Hundred