themanini

How to say it

Meaning

The number eighty, eight tens; used when counting people and things, and for prices, ages and speeds.

Good to know

It does not change with the noun: watu themanini, eighty people. Eighty-eight is themanini na nane.

Examples

• Shule yetu ina walimu themanini.Our school has eighty teachers.
• Bibi yake alifariki akiwa na miaka themanini.His grandmother died at the age of eighty.
• Gari lilikuwa likienda kilomita themanini kwa saa.The car was going eighty kilometers an hour.

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