hamsini
hahm-SEE-nee
How to say it
Swahilihamsinihahm-SEE-neesoon
Englishfifty (50)soon
Frenchcinquante
Meaning
The number fifty, five tens; used when counting people and things, and for prices and ages.
Good to know
It does not change with the noun: shilingi hamsini, fifty shillings. Asilimia hamsini, fifty per cent, often means half.
Examples
- Bibi yangu alizaliwa miaka hamsini iliyopita.My grandmother was born fifty years ago.
- Tulipanda miti hamsini kando ya barabara.We planted fifty trees along the road.
- Nusu ya mia moja ni hamsini.Half of one hundred is fifty.
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