Nambari kwa Kiingereza

Nambari ni muhimu sana tangu dakika za kwanza katika nchi inayozungumza Kiingereza: bei, ratiba, nambari za chumba, ghorofa, nambari za simu... Somo hili linakupa msingi wote wa kujisikia ujasiri unaposhughulika na nambari kwa Kiingereza.

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Nambari za msingi (0–20)

Nambari	Kiingereza
0	zero
1	one
2	two
3	three
4	four
5	five
6	six
7	seven
8	eight
9	nine
10	ten
11	eleven
12	twelve
13	thirteen
14	fourteen
15	fifteen
16	sixteen
17	seventeen
18	eighteen
19	nineteen
20	twenty

Tahadhari: Nambari za 13 hadi 19 zinaishia kwa -teen. Usizichanganye na makumi: thirteen (13) ≠ thirty (30). Matamshi yanafanana lakini maana ni tofauti kabisa!

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Makumi (20–100)

Nambari	Kiingereza
20	twenty
30	thirty
40	forty
50	fifty
60	sixty
70	seventy
80	eighty
90	ninety
100	one hundred

Kuunda nambari zilizounganishwa

Unganisha kumi na moja kwa kutumia kistari:

Nambari	Kiingereza
21	twenty-one
35	thirty-five
47	forty-seven
62	sixty-two
99	ninety-nine

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Nambari kubwa

Nambari	Kiingereza
100	one hundred
200	two hundred
500	five hundred
1,000	one thousand
10,000	ten thousand
1,000,000	one million

Mifano:

• 150 → one hundred and fifty
• 375 → three hundred and seventy-five
• 2,500 → two thousand five hundred

Kumbuka: Katika Kiingereza cha Uingereza, wanasema "one hundred and fifty" (kwa kutumia and). Katika Kiingereza cha Marekani, and mara nyingi haitumiki.

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Bei

Bei ni moja ya matumizi muhimu zaidi ya nambari unapokuwa safarini.

Pauni za Uingereza (£) — Uingereza

Bei	Matamshi
£5	five pounds
£12.50	twelve pounds fifty
£0.99	ninety-nine pence
£100	one hundred pounds

Ni nadra kusema "twelve pounds and fifty pence" — kwa kawaida, "twelve fifty" inatosha katika mazingira ya biashara.

Dola ($) — Marekani, Australia, Kanada...

Bei	Matamshi
$3	three dollars
$7.99	seven ninety-nine / seven dollars ninety-nine
$25.00	twenty-five dollars

Kuuliza na kuelewa bei

Kiingereza	Kiswahili
How much is it?	Bei gani? / Ni shilingi ngapi?
How much does that come to?	Jumla ni kiasi gani?
That's twelve fifty.	Ni pauni kumi na mbili na nusu.
Do you have anything cheaper?	Una kitu kilicho bei nafuu zaidi?

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Saa

Kiingereza kinatumia mfumo wa saa 12 pamoja na am (asubuhi) na pm (mchana / jioni).

Muundo wa msingi

Saa	Kiingereza
9:00	nine o'clock
9:05	five past nine
9:10	ten past nine
9:15	quarter past nine
9:30	half past nine
9:45	quarter to ten
9:50	ten to ten
12:00	twelve o'clock / noon / midday
00:00	midnight