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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Swahili with Fexingo! I'm Lucas, and as always, I'm here with Luna. Luna: Hey! And I'm Luna, ready to keep learning. You know, I've been counting in Swahili all week. Moja, mbili, tatu, nne, tano... sita, saba, nane, tisa, kumi! I love those numbers. Lucas: That's awesome. You've got 1 to 10 down. So today, let's take it a little further. We're going to learn numbers 11 to 16 in Swahili. Luna: Oh, nice! So like, eleven, twelve, thirteen... in Swahili. Let's do it. Lucas: Perfect. So in Swahili, numbers from 11 to 19 are built by saying 'kumi na' which means 'ten and', then the unit number. So 11 is 'kumi na moja'. Luna: Kumi na moja. That's eleven. Literally 'ten and one'. Lucas: Exactly. Say it with me: kumi na moja. Luna: Kumi na moja. Lucas: Great. Now, 12 is 'kumi na mbili'. Luna: Kumi na mbili. Ten and two. Lucas: You've got it. 13 is 'kumi na tatu'. Luna: Kumi na tatu. Lucas: 14 is 'kumi na nne'. Luna: Kumi na nne. That's easy – ten and four. Lucas: 15 is 'kumi na tano'. Luna: Kumi na tano. Lucas: And 16 is 'kumi na sita'. Luna: Kumi na sita. Lucas: Good. Now let's practice them in order. I'll say the number in English, you say it in Swahili. Eleven? Luna: Kumi na moja. Lucas: Twelve? Luna: Kumi na mbili. Lucas: Thirteen? Luna: Kumi na tatu. Lucas: Fourteen? Luna: Kumi na nne. Lucas: Fifteen? Luna: Kumi na tano. Lucas: Sixteen? Luna: Kumi na sita. That felt good! I like how they all start with 'kumi na'. Lucas: It makes it pretty consistent. Now let's try a little conversation. Imagine you're at a market, and you want to buy some fruits. How many bananas do you want? Let's say you want 11 bananas. How would you say 'eleven bananas'? Luna: Umm... ndizi kumi na moja? Or is it kumi na moja ndizi? Lucas: Good question. In Swahili, the number usually comes after the noun. So 'ndizi kumi na moja' – bananas eleven. Luna: Ndizi kumi na moja. Got it. Lucas: Now, what if you want 13 apples? Apples is 'tufaha'. Luna: Tufaha kumi na tatu. Lucas: Perfect. And 15 oranges? Oranges – 'machungwa'. Luna: Machungwa kumi na tano. Lucas: Right. Now, let's do a quick review. I'll say a number in Swahili, you tell me what it is in English. Kumi na nne? Luna: Fourteen. Lucas: Kumi na sita? Luna: Sixteen. Lucas: Kumi na moja? Luna: Eleven. Lucas: Excellent. Now, let's try a little game. I'll count from 11 to 16, but I'll skip one number, and you tell me which one I left out. Ready? Kumi na moja, kumi na mbili, kumi na tatu, kumi na tano, kumi na sita. Luna: Uhh... you said kumi na tano, so you skipped kumi na nne! That's fourteen. Lucas: Exactly. Fourteen was missing. Good ear. Now, let's do one more little thing. I want you to try saying 'I want 12 mangoes' in Swahili. Mangoes – 'maembe'. Luna: Nataka maembe kumi na mbili. Lucas: There you go! You used 'Nataka' from our earlier episode. Nice. So today we covered kumi na moja, kumi na mbili, kumi na tatu, kumi na nne, kumi na tano, kumi na sita. Luna: That's eleven to sixteen. I think I've got them. Let's hear them one more time. Lucas? Lucas: Sure. Repeat after me: kumi na moja. Luna: Kumi na moja. Lucas: Kumi na mbili. Luna: Kumi na mbili. Lucas: Kumi na tatu. Luna: Kumi na tatu. Lucas: Kumi na nne. Luna: Kumi na nne. Lucas: Kumi na tano. Luna: Kumi na tano. Lucas: Kumi na sita. Luna: Kumi na sita. Great! I'm going to go count my fruits now. Lucas: And don't forget, you can practice with Fexingo's other episodes too. Thanks for joining us on Learn Swahili with Fexingo. See you next time! Luna: Kwaheri! Goodbye!