mirongo inani
mee-ROH-ngoh ee-NAH-nee
How to say it
Kinyarwandamirongo inanimee-ROH-ngoh ee-NAH-nee
Englisheighty (80)
Frenchquatre-vingts
Meaning
The number 80, eight tens. Mirongo is the plural of umurongo, a ten, and inani is eight.
Good to know
It stays the same after any noun: imyaka mirongo inani, amafaranga mirongo inani. For eighty-one to eighty-nine add na and the unit, which agrees with the noun: abantu mirongo inani n'umunani, eighty-eight people.
Examples
- Umuturanyi wacu yapfuye afite imyaka mirongo inani.Our neighbor died at the age of eighty.
- Mirongo inani ku ijana by'abaturage bakora ubuhinzi.Eighty percent of the people work in farming.
- Iyo bisi yagendaga ku muvuduko w'ibirometero mirongo inani mu isaha.That bus was going at eighty kilometers an hour.
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