elfu
EHL-foo
How to say it
SwahilielfuEHL-foosoon
Englishthousand (1,000)soon
Frenchmille (1000)soon
Meaning
The number one thousand; placed before another number to count thousands, as in elfu tano, five thousand.
Good to know
It comes before the number of thousands: elfu moja (1,000), elfu kumi (10,000). In prices shilingi is often left out: elfu mbili is 2,000 shillings. Thousands of things are maelfu.
Examples
- Nauli ya basi ni shilingi elfu tatu.The bus fare is three thousand shillings.
- Uwanja huu unaweza kubeba watu elfu sitini.This stadium can hold sixty thousand people.
- Maelfu ya mashabiki walisherehekea ushindi huo.Thousands of fans celebrated the victory.
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