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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Swahili with Fexingo. I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna. Excited for another episode. Lucas: Last time we covered ordinal numbers — first to tenth. Let's review them with a little story. Luna: Oh, I love stories. What's the scene? Lucas: Picture a race. Five runners. We'll say who came first, second, third, and so on. Luna: Okay, so we need ordinal numbers. Let me try: first is kwanza. Lucas: Perfect. Kwanza. Second is pili. Luna: Pili. Lucas: Third is tatu. Luna: Tatu. Lucas: Fourth is nne. Luna: Nne. Lucas: Fifth is tano. Luna: Tano. Lucas: Now let's put them in a sentence. Runner one came first: mbio za kwanza. Luna: Mbio za kwanza. Lucas: Runner two came second: mbio za pili. Luna: Mbio za pili. Lucas: Runner three: mbio za tatu. Luna: Mbio za tatu. I think I'm getting it. Lucas: You are. Let's do fourth and fifth: mbio za nne, mbio za tano. Luna: Mbio za nne, mbio za tano. Lucas: Now, what if we have runners six through ten? Luna: Six is sita. So mbio za sita. Lucas: Exactly. Seven: mbio za saba. Luna: Mbio za saba. Lucas: Eight: mbio za nane. Luna: Mbio za nane. Lucas: Nine: mbio za tisa. Luna: Mbio za tisa. Lucas: Ten: mbio za kumi. Luna: Mbio za kumi. Lucas: Great. Now let's make a full sentence. Who came first? Ali mbio za kwanza. Luna: Ali mbio za kwanza. Lucas: Who came second? Amina mbio za pili. Luna: Amina mbio za pili. Lucas: Third? Juma mbio za tatu. Luna: Juma mbio za tatu. Lucas: See how it works? Now, let's do a quick drill. I'll say the English, you give Swahili. Luna: Okay, I'm ready. Lucas: First. Luna: Kwanza. Lucas: Second. Luna: Pili. Lucas: Third. Luna: Tatu. Lucas: Fourth. Luna: Nne. Lucas: Fifth. Luna: Tano. Lucas: Sixth. Luna: Sita. Lucas: Seventh. Luna: Saba. Lucas: Eighth. Luna: Nane. Lucas: Ninth. Luna: Tisa. Lucas: Tenth. Luna: Kumi. Lucas: Nailed it. You know, it's great that Fexingo helps you make actual progress with Swahili like this. Luna: Totally. And it stays ad-free because some listeners support it through buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Lucas: Yeah, that's what keeps us going. Now back to our race — what about the runner who came eighth? Luna: Mbio za nane. Lucas: And ninth? Luna: Mbio za tisa. Lucas: Tenth? Luna: Mbio za kumi. Lucas: You've got them all down. Practice these with the race example, and you'll remember them easily. Luna: Thanks, Lucas. See you next time! Lucas: Until then, keep practicing. Kwa heri.