Here is how to count in Mooré, from 1 to 1,000, with 25 numbers checked against reference sources (Mooré of Burkina Faso, national spelling). Learn the first ten first: almost all the others are built from them.
1
From 0 to 10
yembreone
yiibutwo
tãabothree
naasefour
nufive
yoobesix
yopoeseven
niieight
wɛnine
piigaten
2
From 11 to 19
piig la a yeeleven
Pig la a yitwelve
Pig la a tãthirteen
Piig la a naasefourteen
Piig la a nufifteen
Piig la a yoobesixteen
Piig la a yopoeseventeen
Piig la a niieighteen
Piig la a wɛnineteen
3
Tens, hundreds, thousands
pisitwenty
pis-tãalso: Pistãthirty
pis-naaseforty
pis-nufifty
koabgaone hundred
tusrione thousand
Test yourself
1. What does “yiibu” mean?
2. What does “nii” mean?
3. What does “Piig la a naase” mean?
4. What does “pisi” mean?
Where do these words come from?
The words in this article come from: Mooré – French – English Dictionary (SIL, Webonary), Peace Corps Burkina Faso Mooré manual (2006). They are copied with their exact spelling; when two sources disagree, the variant is shown. Do you speak this language and spot a mistake? Write to us.
The words in this article come from: Mooré – French – English Dictionary (SIL, Webonary), Peace Corps Burkina Faso Mooré manual (2006). They are copied with their exact spelling; when two sources disagree, the variant is shown. Do you speak this language and spot a mistake? Write to us.