sitini
see-TEE-nee
How to say it
Swahilisitinisee-TEE-neesoon
Englishsixty (60)soon
Frenchsoixante
Meaning
The number sixty, six tens; used when counting people and things, and for ages and minutes.
Good to know
It does not change with the noun: dakika sitini, sixty minutes, which make saa moja, one hour. Sixty-one is sitini na moja.
Examples
- Saa moja ina dakika sitini.One hour has sixty minutes.
- Babu yangu ana umri wa miaka sitini na tano.My grandfather is sixty-five years old.
- Walialika wageni sitini kwenye harusi yao.They invited sixty guests to their wedding.
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