cumi na gatandatu
CHOO-mee NAH gah-tah-NDAH-too
How to say it
Kirundicumi na gatandatuCHOO-mee NAH gah-tah-NDAH-too
Englishsixteen (16)
Frenchseize
Meaning
The number sixteen, made of ten and six, as used in counting, in dates and for ranks.
Good to know
Cumi, ten, na, and, gatandatu, six. Used alone, in dates and after wa or rwa for ranks; with a noun the six agrees: abantu cumi na batandatu, sixteen people.
Examples
- Yabaye uwa cumi na gatandatu mw'ihiganwa.He came sixteenth in the race.
- Soma urupapuro rwa cumi na gatandatu.Read page sixteen.
- Cumi na gatandatu ukuyemwo gatandatu hasigara cumi.Sixteen minus six leaves ten.
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