arobaini
ah-roh-bah-EE-nee
How to say it
Swahiliarobainiah-roh-bah-EE-neesoon
Englishforty (40)soon
Frenchquarante
Meaning
The number forty, four tens; used when counting people and things, and for prices and ages.
Good to know
It does not change with the noun: watu arobaini, forty people. Arobaini is also the memorial gathering held forty days after a death.
Examples
- Baba yangu ametimiza miaka arobaini leo.My father has turned forty today.
- Kuna viti arobaini katika ukumbi huu.There are forty chairs in this hall.
- Safari ilichukua saa arobaini na nane.The journey took forty-eight hours.
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