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====== Numbers ====== | ====== Numbers ====== | ||
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+ | ===== Numbers below 1000 ===== | ||
The following words form the core of the number system: | The following words form the core of the number system: | ||
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**siro** – zero\\ | **siro** – zero\\ | ||
**un** – one\\ | **un** – one\\ | ||
- | **aual** – first\\ | + | **aval** – first\\ |
**do** – two\\ | **do** – two\\ | ||
**tri** – three\\ | **tri** – three\\ | ||
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Other numbers are formed as follows: | Other numbers are formed as follows: | ||
- | **des un** – eleven\\ | + | **des un** – 11\\ |
- | **des do** – twelve\\ | + | **des do** – 12\\ |
**des tisa** – 19\\ | **des tisa** – 19\\ | ||
- | **dodes** – twenty\\ | + | **dodes** – 20\\ |
**dodes katre** – 24\\ | **dodes katre** – 24\\ | ||
**trides** – 30\\ | **trides** – 30\\ | ||
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**tanosento setdes** – 570\\ | **tanosento setdes** – 570\\ | ||
**tisasento tanodes tri** – 953 | **tisasento tanodes tri** – 953 | ||
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+ | One can see that numbers are read from left to right; if a small numeral from **do** ' | ||
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+ | If one considers a sequence of letters without whitespace between them as a " | ||
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+ | **Siro** ' | ||
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+ | ===== Numbers up to a million ===== | ||
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+ | For numbers from 1000 onward, **mil** ' | ||
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+ | **mil** – 1000\\ | ||
+ | **mil des** – 1010\\ | ||
+ | **mil tisades tisa** – 1099\\ | ||
+ | **mil sissento** – 1600\\ | ||
+ | **mil tisasento setdes tano** – 1975\\ | ||
+ | **do mil** – 2000\\ | ||
+ | **des mil** – 10,000\\ | ||
+ | **tanodes mil** – 50,000\\ | ||
+ | **atdes tisa mil** – 89,000\\ | ||
+ | **sento mil** – 100,000\\ | ||
+ | **katresento mil** – 400,000\\ | ||
+ | **setsento des mil** – 710,000\\ | ||
+ | **atsento katredes do mil sissento sisdes tri** – 842,663 | ||
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+ | ===== Larger numbers ===== | ||
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+ | Additional words used for expressing larger numbers include: | ||
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+ | **milyon** – million (10< | ||
+ | **gigalyon** – billion (10< | ||
+ | **teralyon** – trillion (10< | ||
+ | ... | ||
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+ | While **milyon** is similar to the words used in English and many other languages, larger powers of 1000 are formed by combining the corresponding [[wp> | ||
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+ | Larger numbers are formed exactly in the same way as those involving **mil**, except that one or more of the words used for powers of 1000 are used as well – if several of these words are used in the same number, they are always sorted from largest to smallest. | ||
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+ | **milyon** – 1,000,000\\ | ||
+ | **sis milyon** – 6,000,000\\ | ||
+ | **trides milyon** – 30, | ||
+ | **sento milyon** – 100, | ||
+ | **atsento milyon** – 800, | ||
+ | **setsento sisdes tri milyon tanosento mil** – 763, | ||
+ | **tisasento atdes milyon trisento des do mil setsento un** – 980, | ||
+ | **gigalyon** – 1, | ||
+ | **do gigalyon katresento milyon** – 2, | ||
+ | **tisasento setdes gigalyon tanosento des** – 970, | ||
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+ | ===== Cardinal and ordinal numbers ===== | ||
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+ | TODO Expand this section. | ||
**Cardinal numbers** are placed before nouns: | **Cardinal numbers** are placed before nouns: | ||
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**Ordinal numbers** are placed after nouns: | **Ordinal numbers** are placed after nouns: | ||
- | **yumi sora do** – the/a second rainbow\\ | + | **kaus sora do** – the/a second rainbow\\ |
- | **burun des do** – the twelfth bird | + | **abe des do** – the twelfth bird |
- | **aual** is an alternative to **un** which is only used as ordinal (after nouns): | + | **Aval** is an alternative to **un** which is only used as ordinal (after nouns): |
- | **gara aual / gara un** – the first mountain | + | **monte aval / monte un** – the first mountain |
- | **aual** is only used standalone, never as a part of combined numbers: | + | **Aval** is only used standalone, never as a part of combined numbers: |
**uma des un** – the eleventh horse | **uma des un** – the eleventh horse | ||
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+ | // | ||
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+ | TODO Also explain how fractions are formed (**-i** suffix), how numbers with a fractional part are expressed (likely using the dot as decimal separator), and how large numerals can be grouped (preferably uses spaces between groups of three?). |
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