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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Swahili with Fexingo. I'm Lucas, and with me as always is the wonderful Luna. Luna: Hey hey! Ready to get our Swahili on. What are we tackling today? Lucas: I thought we'd take a little pause from new words and just really lock in something super basic but essential. Luna: Ooh, a review day? I love those. My brain needs reinforcement. Lucas: Exactly. We've taught numbers before, but let's make sure the foundation is rock solid. We're going back to numbers one through ten. Luna: Perfect. I can never remember all of them smoothly. Let's do it. Lucas: Alright. I'll say each number slowly, then you repeat after me. Ready? Luna: Ready. Lucas: Moja. Luna: Moja. Lucas: Mbili. Luna: Mbili. Lucas: Tatu. Luna: Tatu. Lucas: Nne. Luna: Nne. Lucas: Tano. Luna: Tano. Lucas: Sita. Luna: Sita. Lucas: Saba. Luna: Saba. Lucas: Nane. Luna: Nane. Lucas: Tisa. Luna: Tisa. Lucas: Kumi. Luna: Kumi. Lucas: There you go. Now let's count from one to ten together. Moja, mbili, tatu, nne, tano, sita, saba, nane, tisa, kumi. Luna: Moja, mbili, tatu, nne, tano, sita, saba, nane, tisa, kumi. Lucas: Beautiful. You sound natural already. Now, let's put those into a little scene. Imagine you're at a market and you want to buy five apples. Luna: Right. I'd say... Nataka tufaha tano? I want five apples. Lucas: Perfect. Tano is five. Or if you wanted ten, you'd say kumi. Luna: Nataka tufaha kumi. Ten apples. That's a lot of apples. Lucas: Maybe for a big family. Okay, let's do a quick drill. I'll say a number in English, you say it in Swahili. One. Luna: Moja. Lucas: Three. Luna: Tatu. Lucas: Seven. Luna: Saba. Lucas: Ten. Luna: Kumi. Lucas: You're nailing it. And you know what, Fexingo is all about helping you make real progress with Swahili. If today's review was useful, the way we keep this show ad-free is through listener support. You can buy me a coffee at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. It really helps us keep going. Luna: Yeah, totally. Even a small gesture makes a difference. And we appreciate every single one of you who does. Lucas: Now, let's practice counting backwards. Ten to one. Kumi, tisa, nane... Luna: Saba, sita, tano, nne, tatu, mbili, moja. Ooh, that's trickier. Lucas: But you did it. Good. Let's do it once more, a little faster. Kumi. Luna: Kumi. Lucas: Tisa. Luna: Tisa. Lucas: Nane. Luna: Nane. Lucas: Saba. Luna: Saba. Lucas: Sita. Luna: Sita. Lucas: Tano. Luna: Tano. Lucas: Nne. Luna: Nne. Lucas: Tatu. Luna: Tatu. Lucas: Mbili. Luna: Mbili. Lucas: Moja. Luna: Moja. Lucas: Great. Now, let's do a little counting game. I'll say a number between one and ten, and you tell me how many fingers I'm holding up. But we'll do it in Swahili. Luna: Okay, ready. Lucas: I'm holding up three fingers. Luna: Tatu. Lucas: Five fingers. Luna: Tano. Lucas: Eight fingers. Luna: Nane. Lucas: Perfect. You're getting really comfortable with these. I think by now you've heard each number at least half a dozen times. Let me say them all one more time, and you just listen and repeat in your head or out loud. Moja, mbili, tatu, nne, tano, sita, saba, nane, tisa, kumi. Luna: I love how rhythmic Swahili numbers are. They just flow. Lucas: They do. And that's it for today's episode. Practice counting things around you — apples, steps, cups of chai. See you next time! Luna: Kwaheri! Goodbye!