mirongo icenda
mee-ROH-ngoh ee-CHEH-ndah
How to say it
Kirundimirongo icendamee-ROH-ngoh ee-CHEH-ndah
Englishninety (90)
Frenchquatre-vingt-dix
Meaning
The number ninety, nine tens, as in the ninety minutes of a football match.
Good to know
Tens in Kirundi are built with mirongo (tens) and a unit that agrees with it; the extra units come after na and agree with what is counted: abantu mirongo icenda na batatu, 93 people; imyaka mirongo icenda n'itanu, 95 years.
Examples
- Urukino rw'umupira w'amaguru rumara iminota mirongo icenda.A football match lasts ninety minutes.
- Sogokuru yashikije imyaka mirongo icenda.My grandfather has reached ninety years.
- Iki kizamini gifise ibibazo mirongo icenda.This exam has ninety questions.
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