Counting 4: hundreds

The Giriama for hundred is gana.

Gana mwenga - 100

gana mwenga is one hundred.

You should remember mwenga from counting people: mut'u mumwenga, at'u kumi na mumwenga.


Magana

Gana is a Class 5 noun. So the plural of gana is magana.

100 gana mwenga
200 magana mairi
300 magana mahahu
400 magana mane
500 magana matsano
600 magana mahandahu
700 magana mafungahe
800 magana manane
900 magana chenda(?)


Magana na mirongo

To combine hundreds and tens, just use the word for and: na.

Gana mwenga na mirongo miri.
One hundred and twenty.

At'u magana mane na mirongo mine na ane.
444 men.

Exercise

Generate random numbers here and translate them to Giriama.