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shilingi

noun

a shilling.

Put the number after shilingi: shilingi tano means five shillings.

Origins

Shilingi comes from English shilling.

  1. University of Kansas Kiswahili Glossary

    A shilling.

  2. Merriam-Webster, Shilingi: Word History, entry.

    Shilingi comes from English shilling.

Examples

  1. Nina shilingi tano.

    I have five shillings.

  2. Bei ni shilingi kumi.

    The price is ten shillings.

  3. Una shilingi ishirini?

    Do you have twenty shillings?

  4. Nauli ni shilingi hamsini.

    The fare is fifty shillings.

  5. Nimelipa shilingi mia moja.

    I have paid one hundred shillings.

  6. Nahitaji shilingi mia mbili.

    I need two hundred shillings.

  7. Chenji ni shilingi mia tano.

    The change is five hundred shillings.

  8. Nimetuma shilingi elfu moja.

    I have sent one thousand shillings.

  9. Nimepata shilingi moja.

    I have received one shilling.

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