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Friday, July 9, 2021

Swahili - Counting to Twenty


We counted to 15 in Swahili, let's keep going!

16 kumi na sita - sounds like koo-mee nah see-tah 文A

17 kumi na saba - sounds like koo-mee nah sah-bah 文A

18 kumi na nane - sounds like koo-mee nah nah-nay 文A

19 kumi na tisa - sounds like koo-mee nah tee-sah 文A

20 ishirini - sounds like ee-she-ree-nee 文A


swahili
(from: wikipedia - swahili language)

Russian: шестнадцать (shestnadtsat'), семнадцать (semnadtsat'), восемнадцать (vosemnadtsat'), девятнадцать (devyatnadtsat'), двадцать (dvadtsat')

Norwegian: seksten, sytten, atten, nitten, tjue

Greek: δεκαέξι (dekaéxi), δεκαεπτά (dekaeptá), δεκαοχτώ (dekaochtó), δεκαεννέα (dekaennéa), είκοσι (eíkosi)

ASL: sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty

Italian: sedici, diciassette, diciotto, diciannove, venti

German: sechzehn, siebzehn, achtzehn, neunzehn, zwanzig

Spanish: dieciséis, diecisiete, dieciocho, diecinueve, veinte

French: seize, dix-sept, dix-huit, dix-neuf, vingt

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