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Describe ze-, co, peo-, units
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To form ''even larger'' numbers, put the appropriate SI prefix ({{Derani||mega}}, {{Derani||gıga}}, {{Derani||tera}}…) after each group of three digits. | To form ''even larger'' numbers, put the appropriate SI prefix ({{Derani||mega}}, {{Derani||gıga}}, {{Derani||tera}}…) after each group of three digits. | ||
== | == Avoiding long words == | ||
When number words follow each other, forming what looks like a serial verb, the result is the same as though you had said one long word. | |||
{{Example|{{Deranize|Nẹgubıqfefueshı nhána.}}|There are 2,501 of them.}} | |||
{{Example|{{Deranize|Nẹgubıq fefue shı nhána.}}|There are 2,501 of them.}} | |||
== Negatives and decimals == | |||
Negatives are formed with the prefix {{Deranize|ze-}}. The number component {{Deranize|co}} is a spoken decimal point. The resulting numbers are not cardinal numbers, and so they're only useful as pronouns. | |||
{{Example|{{Deranize|Zıuhuaq zẹ́saq zẹ́jocogu.}}|The number −3 is greater than the number −4.2.}} | |||
== Fractions == | |||
The prefix {{Deranize|peo-}} turns a number ''x'' into ''1/x''. For example, {{Deranize|pẹ́ocı}} is the number 1/6. | |||
When another number word is placed in front of the result, it acts like a multiplication: {{Deranize|fé pẹocı}} is the number 5/6. | |||
== Units == | |||
Units like {{Deranize|meta}} (meter) and {{Deranize|hora}} (hour) are also number words. They multiply when put next to each other, and can be multiplied by a preceding number. | |||
{{Example|{{Deranize|Buaıne kú śaqjue meta.}}|The length is 30 meters.}} | |||
{{Example|{{Deranize|Cabaq kú gúcoshı kılobata hora.}}|The energy is 2.1 kWh.}} | |||
They can also be inverted with {{Deranize|peo-}}. For example, {{Deranize|pẹ́ometa}} is the quantity 1 m⁻¹. A quantity like 60 km/h is expressed as "sixty times kilometer times 1/hour": | |||
{{Example|{{Deranize|Suaıne kú cíheı kılometa pẹohora.}}|The speed is 60 km/h.}} | |||