mia mbili
MEE-ah MBEE-lee
How to say it
Swahilimia mbiliMEE-ah MBEE-lee
Englishtwo hundred (200)
Frenchdeux cents (200)
Meaning
The number 200, that is two times one hundred.
Good to know
Mia, hundred, comes first and the multiplier follows: mia mbili, mia tatu. Units are added with na: mia mbili na hamsini, 250. It does not agree with the noun: watu mia mbili.
Examples
- Shule yetu ina wanafunzi mia mbili.Our school has two hundred pupils.
- Kijiji hiki kina nyumba mia mbili na hamsini.This village has two hundred and fifty houses.
- Nililipa shilingi mia mbili kwa maandazi.I paid two hundred shillings for the mandazi.
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