ngapi
interrogative
how many; how much.
Match the form to the noun: watu wangapi means how many people; nyumba ngapi means how many houses.
Forms
- wangapi
- with watu · how many
- mingapi
- with miti · how many
Origins
Ngapi belongs to an earlier Bantu layer of Swahili vocabulary.
Sources3
- A Handbook of the Swahili Language as Spoken at Zanzibar
Ngapi takes noun-class agreement: watu wangapi asks how many people, miti mingapi how many trees, and nyumba ngapi how many houses.; How many, with agreement matching the noun.
- World Loanword Database CLDF
Ngapi belongs to an earlier Bantu layer of Swahili vocabulary.
- KIKO: Unit 2 Glossary
How many; how much.; How many, with agreement matching the noun.; How much.
Examples
Una shilingi ngapi?
How many shillings do you have?
Bei ni shilingi ngapi?
How many shillings is the price?
Unahitaji tiketi ngapi?
How many tickets do you need?
Una kalamu ngapi?
How many pens do you have?
Unataka chupa ngapi?
How many bottles do you want?
Nimepokea shilingi ngapi?
How many shillings have I received?
Umenunua tiketi ngapi?
How many tickets have you bought?
Unakaa siku ngapi?
How many days are you staying?
Chenji ni shilingi ngapi?
How many shillings is the change?
