mirongo ine
mee-ROH-ngoh EE-neh
How to say it
Kinyarwandamirongo inemee-ROH-ngoh EE-nehsoon
Englishforty (40)soon
Frenchquarante
Meaning
The number 40, four tens. Mirongo is the plural of umurongo, a ten, and ine is four.
Good to know
It stays the same after any noun: iminsi mirongo ine, abantu mirongo ine. For forty-one to forty-nine add na and the unit, which agrees with the noun: imyaka mirongo ine n'itanu, forty-five years.
Examples
- Yesu yasenze iminsi mirongo ine mu butayu.Jesus prayed for forty days in the desert.
- Data azuzuza imyaka mirongo ine mu kwezi gutaha.My father will turn forty next month.
- Isoko ryacu ryitabirwa n'abacuruzi basaga mirongo ine.More than forty traders come to our market.
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