tisini
tee-SEE-nee
How to say it
Swahilitisinitee-SEE-neesoon
Englishninety (90)soon
Frenchquatre-vingt-dix
Meaning
The number ninety, nine tens; used when counting people and things, and for scores, ages and minutes.
Good to know
It does not change with the noun: dakika tisini, ninety minutes, the length of a football match. Ninety-nine is tisini na tisa.
Examples
- Mchezo wa mpira wa miguu huchukua dakika tisini.A football match lasts ninety minutes.
- Alipata alama tisini katika mtihani wa hesabu.She got ninety marks in the math exam.
- Nyumba hii ilijengwa miaka tisini iliyopita.This house was built ninety years ago.
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