*idi (haidi, kaidi, kwidi, maidi, mbiri, midi, mwidi, vidi, waidi, zaidi )1twoNna wavere waidi. NG1I have two wives.Wabavi waidi wafungwa.Two thieves were tied up.Wazehe wadya a waidi ni mafundi.Those two elders are high class carpenters.Abayo yako ana minyau midi. NG2Your older sister has two cats.Nna (mi)mola midi.I have two springs.Nna mabuku maidi. NG3I have two booksNna mayembe maidiI have two mangos.Sifunganya makambala maidi.I tied two ropes together.vintu vidi NG4two thingsSidya waidi. NG7I ate two (i.e., rabbits).kusoma kwidi NG8two readingshantu haidi NG9two (near) placeskuntu kwiditwo (far) placesmtu mwiditwo inside placesKaidi is the form used in counting. Mbiri is an irregular form used to modify NG5 and NG6 nouns; otherwise an agreement prefix + -idi is used to modify nouns in other genders.2second
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