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A few more prefixes for number components
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'''Numbers''' in Toaq have special behavior when chaining. For example, {{t|heı gue}} means | '''Numbers''' in Toaq have special behavior when chaining. For example, {{t|heı gue}} means “▯ are twelve in number”, not “▯ are ten in number and are two in number”. | ||
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== Number components == | == Number components == | ||
Number components are a proposal that makes numbers their own part of speech, rather than predicates. Numbers are written as single words without spaces, like {{t|fueguheısaq}} rather than {{t|fue gu heı saq}}, so that they can be converted to predicates using prefixes. | '''Number components''' are a proposal that makes numbers their own part of speech, rather than predicates. Numbers are written as single words without spaces, like {{t|fueguheısaq}} rather than {{t|fue gu heı saq}}, so that they can be converted to predicates using prefixes. | ||
The following prefixes can turn numbers into predicates. | |||
* {{t|ne-}}: turns a natural number N into the verb “▯ are N in number” | |||
* {{t|ko-}}: turns a natural number N into the verb “▯ is Nth in sequence ▯” | |||
* {{t|chaq-}}: turns YYYYcoMMcoDD format into “It is the day YYYY/MM/DD” | |||
* {{t|jam-}}: turns HHcoMMcoSS format into “It is time HH:MM:SS” | |||
There are also prefixes that can modify the numbers themselves. | |||
* {{t|jem-}}: approximately N | |||
* {{t|nho-}}: precisely N | |||
* {{t|ze-}}: negative N | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SKcQDRhTIaRXyPQO-5vt1TtmGyrleW3zAp8gebIs3vc/edit Document on Toaq number system proposals (outdated)] | [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SKcQDRhTIaRXyPQO-5vt1TtmGyrleW3zAp8gebIs3vc/edit Document on Toaq number system proposals (outdated)] | ||