sabini

How to say it

Meaning

The number seventy, seven tens; used when counting people and things, and for prices and ages.

Good to know

It does not change with the noun: miaka sabini, seventy years. Seventy-seven is sabini na saba.

Examples

• Mzee huyu ana umri wa miaka sabini.This old man is seventy years old.
• Kitabu hiki kina kurasa sabini na tatu.This book has seventy-three pages.
• Tulisafiri kilomita sabini kufika mjini.We traveled seventy kilometers to reach town.

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