mirongo ine

How to say it

Meaning

The number forty, four tens, used to count people, days, money and distances.

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 ine na batatu, 43 people; imyaka mirongo ine n'itanu, 45 years.

Examples

• Data afise imyaka mirongo ine n'umunani.My father is forty-eight years old.
• Iyo nzu yubatswe mu misi mirongo ine gusa.That house was built in only forty days.
• Twagenze ibirometero mirongo ine n'amaguru.We walked forty kilometers on foot.

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