kumi na moja
KOO-mee NAH MOH-jah
How to say it
Swahilikumi na mojaKOO-mee NAH MOH-jah
Englisheleven (11)
Frenchonze
Meaning
The number eleven, ten plus one.
Good to know
Built as ten and one. The unit agrees with the noun: watu kumi na mmoja, vitabu kumi na kimoja. Saa kumi na moja is five o'clock in the Swahili way of telling time.
Examples
- Kuna nyumba kumi na moja katika mtaa wetu.There are eleven houses in our street.
- Kumi na moja ni namba inayofuata kumi.Eleven is the number that follows ten.
- Mkutano utaanza saa kumi na moja kamili.The meeting will start at exactly five o'clock.
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