Numbers in Swahili

 

Numbers in Swahili

Cardinal numbers - a number denoting quantity (one, two, three, etc.), as opposed to an ordinal number (first, second, third, etc.).

The cardinal numbers are the numbers that are used for counting something.

Ordinal numbers - a number defining the position of something in a series, such as ‘first’, ‘second’, or ‘third’. Ordinal numbers are used as adjectives, nouns, and pronouns.

Numeral	Number	Cardinal numbers	Ordinal numbers
0	Zero	sufuri
1	One	moja	kwanza
2	Two	mbili	pili
3	Three	tatu	tatu
4	Four	nne	nne
5	Five	tano	tano
6	Six	sita	sita
7	Seven	saba	saba
8	Eight	nane	nane
9	Nine	tisa	tisa
10	Ten	kumi	kumi
11	Eleven	kumi na moja	kumi na moja
12	Twelve	kumi na mbili	kumi na mbili
13	Thirteen	kumi na tatu	kumi na tatu
14	Fourteen	kumi na nne	kumi na nne
15	Fifteen	kumi na tano	kumi na tano
16	Sixteen	kumi na sita	kumi na sita
17	Seventeen	kumi na saba	kumi na saba
18	Eighteen	kumi na nane	kumi na nane
19	Nineteen	kumi na tisa	kumi na tisa
20	Twenty	ishirini	ishirini
21	Twenty One	ishirini na moja
22	Twenty Two	ishirini na mbili
23	Twenty Three	ishirini na tatu
24	Twenty Four	ishirini na nne
25	Twenty Five	ishirini na tano
26	Twenty Six	ishirini na sita
27	Twenty Seven	ishirini na saba
28	Twenty Eight	ishirini na nane
29	Twenty Nine	ishirini na tisa
30	Thirty	thelathini
40	Forty	arobaini
50	Fifty	hamsini
60	Sixty	sitini
70	Seventy	sabini
80	Eighty	themanini
90	Ninety	tisini
100	One hundred	mia moja
200	Two hundred	mia mbili
300	Three hundred	mia tatu
400	Four hundred	mia nne
500	Five hundred	mia tano
600	Six hundred	mia sita
700	Seven hundred	mia saba
800	Eight hundred	mia nane
900	Nine hundred	mia tisa
1,000 (1K)	One Thousand	elfu moja
10,000 (10K)	Ten Thousand	Elfu kumi
100,000 (100 K)	One Hundred Thousand	Laki
1,000,000 (1M)	A million	milioni
1,000,000,000 (1B)	A billion	bilioni
once			mara moja
twice			mara mbili