cumi n'icyenda

How to say it

Meaning

The number 19, made of cumi, ten, and icyenda, nine.

Good to know

It follows the noun and icyenda does not change: abantu cumi n'icyenda, nineteen people; imyaka cumi n'icyenda, nineteen years. Ikinyejana cya cumi n'icyenda is the nineteenth century.

Examples

• Mushiki wanjye yujuje imyaka cumi n'icyenda ejo.My sister turned nineteen yesterday.
• Mu ishuri ryacu harimo abakobwa cumi n'icyenda.There are nineteen girls in our class.
• Mu kinyejana cya cumi n'icyenda habaye impinduka nyinshi.Many changes took place in the nineteenth century.

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