ishirini

How to say it

Meaning

The number twenty, two tens; used when counting people and things, and for prices, ages and dates.

Good to know

Borrowed from Arabic, it does not agree with the noun: watu ishirini, twenty people. Units are added with na: ishirini na moja, twenty-one.

Examples

• Dada yangu ana miaka ishirini na mbili.My sister is twenty-two years old.
• Tulinunua mikate ishirini kwa ajili ya sherehe.We bought twenty loaves of bread for the party.
• Basi linaondoka baada ya dakika ishirini.The bus leaves in twenty minutes.

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