Numbers · Tirooyinka · Eleven to twenty

Labaatan

20 (twenty)

la-BAA-tan · The aa is long: la-BAA-tan.
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Meaning

Labaatan is twenty. It is built from laba (two) and the ending -tan that marks the tens, so it is literally "two tens". Twenty-one is labaatan iyo kow, and the pattern continues up to boqol, one hundred.

Tip: After twenty, the order flips: twenty-one is labaatan iyo kow, "twenty and one".

Example sentences

Labaatan cunug ayaa dugsiga jooga.Twenty children are at school.
Labaatan iyo kow.Twenty-one.

Using Labaatan at home

Point at the real thing and say "Labaatan" whenever it comes up, then let your child hear the native recording and say it back. One word used ten times in a day beats ten words drilled once. In the Luuqad app, Labaatan is taught with a picture, tested in the Numbers quiz and practised in Market Day and Number Match.

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