mirongo umunani

How to say it

Meaning

The number eighty, eight tens; umunani, eight, stays the same whatever is counted.

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 umunani na batatu, 83 people; imyaka mirongo umunani n'itanu, 85 years.

Examples

• Nyogokuru afise imyaka mirongo umunani.My grandmother is eighty years old.
• Uwo mushinge wafashije imiryango mirongo umunani.That project helped eighty families.
• Twaguze intebe mirongo umunani z'ishengero rishasha.We bought eighty chairs for the new church.

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