Kirundi
mirongwine
mee-roh-NGWEE-neh
How to say it
Kirundimirongwinemee-roh-NGWEE-nehsoon
Englishfortysoon
Frenchquarantesoon
Meaning
the number forty (40).
Good to know
formed from mirongo (tens) and ine (four).
Examples
- Nyina afise imyaka mirongwine.My mother is forty years old.
- Ntabwo hari abantu mirongwine mu nama.There are not forty people at the meeting.
- Ni ibitabo mirongwine koko?Is it really forty books?
- Tuzokwubaka amazu mirongwine.We will build forty houses.
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