This is the first cheat-sheet I’ll be revealing to you…Numbers!

Before we go further, there are 2 specific rules I want to give you which you should apply whenever you come across a Swahili word.

Here they are:

Rule No.1: All vowels in Swahili are pronounced as stated below:

‘a’ is pronounced as in ‘car’

‘e’ is pronounced as in ‘bet’

‘i’ is pronounced as in ‘tweet’

‘o’ is pronounced as in ‘door’

‘u’ is pronounced as in ‘scoop’

These pronunciations NEVER change. No exceptions whatsoever.

Rule No. 2: Swahili consonants are generally pronounced the same way as English consonants (letters b, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, and v)

With that said, let’s learn some numbers:

Remember: As long as you stick to our 2 pronunciation rules, you’ll never go wrong with Swahili words.