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Counting to ten in Zulu

One to ten, for prices, platforms, rooms and how many beers. Play the ten Zulu words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.

The Drakensberg mountains near Tugela Falls, South Africa
Counting to ten
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
What it meansHow to say it
Iri Soda, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

All 10 Zulu phrases in this lesson

Kunyekoo-NYE
One

A counting form. Number agreement changes with the noun being counted.

Kubilikoo-BI-li
Two

A counting form for two.

Kuthathukoo-THA-thoo
Three

A counting form for three.

Kunekoo-NE
Four

A counting form for four.

Kuhlanukoo-HLA-noo
Five

A counting form for five.

Isithuphaee-si-THOO-pha
Six
Isikhombisaee-si-khom-BEE-sa
Seven
Isishiyagalombiliee-si-shi-ya-ga-lom-BEE-li
Eight
Isishiyagalolunyeee-si-shi-ya-ga-lo-LOON-yeh
Nine
Ishumiee-SHOO-mi
Ten

The number ten.

Where Zulu is spoken

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