Friday, July 16, 2021

Swahili - Counting to Twenty Nine


We counted to 20 in Swahili, let's keep going!

21 ishirini na moja - sounds like ee-shee-ree-nee nah moh-jah 文A

22 ishirini na mbili - sounds like ee-shee-ree-nee nah m-bee-lee 文A

23 ishirini na tatu - sounds like ee-shee-ree-nee nah tah-too 文A

24 ishirini na nne - sounds like ee-shee-ree-nee nah n-nay 文A

25 ishirini na tano - sounds like ee-shee-ree-nee nah tah-noh 文A

26 ishirini na sita - sounds like ee-shee-ree-nee nah see-tah 文A

27 ishirini na saba - sounds like ee-shee-ree-nee nah sah-bah 文A

28 ishirini na nane - sounds like ee-shee-ree-nee nah nah-nay 文A

29 ishirini na tisa - sounds like ee-shee-ree-nee nah tee-sah 文A


swahili
(from: wikipedia - swahili language)

Russian: двадцать один (dvadtsat' odin), двадцать два (dvadtsat' dva), двадцать три (dvadtsat' tri), двадцать четыре (dvadtsat' chetyre), двадцать пять (dvadtsat' pyat'), двадцать шесть (dvadtsat' shest'), двадцать семь (dvadtsat' sem'), двадцать восемь (dvadtsat' vosem'), двадцать девять (dvadtsat' devyat')

Norwegian: tjueen, tjueto, tjue-tre, tjuefire, tjuefem, tjueseks, tjuesju, tjue åtte, tjue ni

Greek: είκοσι ένα (eíkosi éna), είκοσι δύο (eíkosi dýo), είκοσι τρεις (eíkosi treis), είκοσι τέσσερις (eíkosi tésseris), είκοσι πέντε (eíkosi pénte), είκοσι έξι (eíkosi éxi), είκοσι επτά (eíkosi eptá), είκοσι οκτώ (eíkosi októ), είκοσι εννέα (eíkosi ennéa)

ASL: twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine

Italian: ventuno, ventidue, ventitré, ventiquattro, venticinque, ventisei, ventisette, ventotto, ventinove

German: einundzwanzig, zweiundzwanzig, dreiundzwanzig, vierundzwanzig, fünfundzwanzig, sechsundzwanzig, siebenundzwanzig, achtundzwanzig, neunundzwanzig

Spanish: veintiún, veintidós, veintitrés, veinticuatro, veinticinco, veintiséis, veintisiete, veintiocho, veintinueve

French: vingt et un, vingt-deux, vingt-trois, vingt-quatre, vingt-cinc, vingt-six, vingt-sept, vingt-huit, vingt-neuf