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Another important prefix is {{Dr|ko-}}. It forms '''ordinals''', much like the English suffix '-th'. | Another important prefix is {{Dr|ko-}}. It forms '''ordinals''', much like the English suffix '-th'. | ||
{{Example|{{Dr|Kọsaq máq ké buajıo tı hû tıeq.}}|It's the third house on the street (third out of the houses on the street).}} | {{Example|{{Dr|Kọsaq máq ké [buajıo] tı hû [tıeq].}}|It's the third house on the street (third out of the houses on the street).}} | ||
{{Example|{{Dr|Bọdana níjuı kộshı túq doaq po ní gua.}}|This city was the first in this country to fall.}} | {{Example|{{Dr|Bọdana níjuı* kộshı túq [doaq] po ní [gua].}}|This city was the first in this country to fall.}} | ||
Finally, the prefix {{Dr|nho-}} turns a number into a determiner: | Finally, the prefix {{Dr|nho-}} turns a number into a determiner: | ||
{{Example|{{Dr|Hẹkıaı nháo nhọ́gu gochıq.}}|She has two cats.}} | {{Example|{{Dr|Hẹkıaı nháo nhọ́gu [gochıq].}}|She has two cats.}} | ||
This prefix also comes with a null allomorph which can be used as long as the determiner has a complement. So, normally we'd see this written as simply {{Dr|gú gochıq}}. | This prefix also comes with a null allomorph which can be used as long as the determiner has a complement. So, normally we'd see this written as simply {{Dr|gú [gochıq]}}. | ||
== Counting higher == | == Counting higher == | ||
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To form ''even larger'' numbers, keep going with {{Dr|heı}} and {{Dr|fue}}, but put the appropriate scale word ({{Dr|bıq}}, {{Dr|nhoeı}}, {{Dr|gıga}}, {{Dr|tera}}…) after each group of three digits. | To form ''even larger'' numbers, keep going with {{Dr|heı}} and {{Dr|fue}}, but put the appropriate scale word ({{Dr|bıq}}, {{Dr|nhoeı}}, {{Dr|gıga}}, {{Dr|tera}}…) after each group of three digits. | ||
{{Example|{{Dr|Chum bua jụ́ıshı nhoeı cıheı bıq req ní doaq.}}|About one million, fifty thousand people live in this city.}} | {{Example|{{Dr|Chum bua jụ́ıshı nhoeı cıheı bıq [req] ní [doaq].}}|About one million, fifty thousand people live in this city.}} | ||
{{Example|{{Dr|Sho cueq Bétatoaq râo kú kọ́gu bıq heı dıaı.}}|Toaq Beta [[Timeline|was released]] in 2017.}} | {{Example|{{Dr|Sho cueq [Bétatoaq] râo kú kọ́gu bıq heı dıaı.}}|Toaq Beta [[Timeline|was released]] in 2017.}} | ||
== Negatives and decimals == | == Negatives and decimals == | ||
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== Sums == | == Sums == | ||
Some things are most naturally expressed as the sum of multiple quantities. Quantities add together when put next to each other:{{Example|{{Dr|Fáfuaq mı Taıtanıko bï duo hóq sáq hora heı jo mınu da.}}|The movie Titanic is 3 hours and 14 minutes long.}}You can also combine a whole number and a fraction to produce a '''mixed number'''. Just put {{Dr|roı}} between the whole number and the fraction:{{Example|{{Dr|Luı pıe jí shí roı shı pẹogu lıta nao.}}|I've had 1 ½ liters of water.}} | Some things are most naturally expressed as the sum of multiple quantities. Quantities add together when put next to each other:{{Example|{{Dr|[Fáfuaq] mı Taıtanıko bï duo hóq sáq hora heı jo mınu da.}}|The movie Titanic is 3 hours and 14 minutes long.}}You can also combine a whole number and a fraction to produce a '''mixed number'''. Just put {{Dr|roı}} between the whole number and the fraction:{{Example|{{Dr|Luı pıe jí shí roı shı pẹogu lıta [nao].}}|I've had 1 ½ liters of water.}} | ||
== Pseudo-numbers == | == Pseudo-numbers == | ||
Some words like {{Dr|puı}} and {{Dr|tıopuı}} are pseudo-numbers: they can't stand alone as a number pronoun, but can still be used with certain prefixes, such as {{Dr|ne-}} and {{Dr|nho-}}. | Some words like {{Dr|puı}} and {{Dr|tıopuı}} are pseudo-numbers: they can't stand alone as a number pronoun, but can still be used with certain prefixes, such as {{Dr|ne-}} and {{Dr|nho-}}. | ||
{{Example|{{Dr|Hẹkıaı nháo nhọ́puı [gochıq].}}|She has many cats.}} | {{Example|{{Dr|Hẹkıaı nháo nhọ́puı [gochıq].}}|She has many cats.}} | ||
{{Example|{{Dr|Guache kọtıopuı [ | {{Example|{{Dr|Guache kọtıopuı [mí Lıqkoq]?}}|The how-many-th president is Lincoln?}} | ||
== Writing conventions == | == Writing conventions == | ||
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* By default, a bare number such as 24 is assumed to be in the rising tone ({{Dr|gúheı jo}}). | * By default, a bare number such as 24 is assumed to be in the rising tone ({{Dr|gúheı jo}}). | ||
* A verb of cardinality should have its {{Dr|ne-}} prefix written out explicitly ({{Dr|guheı jo}} → {{Dr|nẹ24}}). | * A verb of cardinality should have its {{Dr|ne-}} prefix written out explicitly ({{Dr|guheı jo}} → {{Dr|nẹ24}}). | ||
* A numeric determiner in the hiatus tone {{Done|4}} should have its {{Dr|nho-}} prefix written out ({{Dr|kıaı gû gochıq}} → {{Dr|kıaı nhộ2 gochıq}}). | * A numeric determiner in the hiatus tone {{Done|4}} should have its {{Dr|nho-}} prefix written out ({{Dr|kıaı gû [gochıq]}} → {{Dr|kıaı nhộ2 [gochıq]}}). | ||
* A number pronoun in the hiatus tone {{Done|4}} should have the prefix {{Dr|no-}} added ({{Dr|Huaq gû sáq}} → {{Dr|Huaq nộ2 3}}). | * A number pronoun in the hiatus tone {{Done|4}} should have the prefix {{Dr|no-}} added ({{Dr|Huaq gû sáq}} → {{Dr|Huaq nộ2 3}}). | ||