Friday, July 2, 2021

Swahili - Fifteen


We just learned about all the months of the year in Swahili!

Let's learn about some more numbers.
We already counted to 10 in Swahili, now let's learn some bigger numbers!

11 kumi na moja - sounds like koo-mee nah moh-jah 文A

12 kumi na mbili - sounds like koo-mee nah m-bee-lee 文A

13 kumi na tatu - sounds like koo-mee nah tah-too 文A

14 kumi na nne - sounds like koo-mee nah en-nay 文A

15 kumi na tano - sounds like koo-mee nah tah-no 文A


swahili
(from: wikipedia - swahili language)

Russian: одиннадцать (odinnadtsat'), двенадцать (dvenadtsat'), тринадцать (trinadtsat'), четырнадцать (chetyrnadtsat'), пятнадцать (pyatnadtsat')

Norwegian: elleve, tolv, tretten, fjorten, femten

Greek: ένδεκα (éndeka), δώδεκα (dódeka), δεκατρία (dekatría), δεκατέσσερα (dekatéssera), δεκαπέντε (dekapénte)

ASL: eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen

Italian: undici, dodici, tredici, quattordici, quindici

German: elf, zwölf, dreizehn, vierzehn, fünfzehn

Spanish: once, doce, trese, catorce, quince

French: onze, douze, treize, quatorze, quinze