Tens to one hundred

Round tens, one hundred, and the pattern for 21–99, building on zero to ten and eleven to nineteen.

Round tens and 100

Value	Kifuliiru	English	French	Kiswahili
20	Makumi gabiri	Twenty	Vingt	Ishirini
30	Makumi gashatu	Thirty	Trente	Thelathini
40	Makumi gana	Forty	Quarante	Arobaini
50	Makumi gatanu	Fifty	Cinquante	Hamsini
60	Makumi galiindatu	Sixty	Soixante	Sitini
70	Makumi galiinda	Seventy	Soixante-dix	Sabini
80	Makumi galimunaana	Eighty	Quatre-vingt	Themanini
90	Makumi galimweenda	Ninety	Quatre-vingt-dix	Tisini
100	Igana	One hundred	Cent	Mia moja

20–90 use Makumi (“tens”) with forms related to the unit stems (gabiri, gashatu, …).

Same idea as teens:

Formula

21 … 99 (not a round ten) = (tens phrase) + na + (unit stem 1–9)

Example: 25 → Makumi gabiri na butanu.

Example: 12 → Ikumi na bubiri (see eleven to nineteen).