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Five is the sum of two and three | {{Example|{{Derani| |Neu fé gú róı sáq.}}|Five is the sum of two and three.}} | ||
By combining a number with a prefix, you can turn it into another part of speech. For example, to get a verb of cardinality, we use the prefix {{Derani||ne-}}. | |||
{{Example|{{Derani| |Eju… Nẹcı áma.}}|Let's see… There are six of us. (We are six in number.)}} | |||
For brevity, when a verb of cardinality appears in the falling tone, we're actually allowed to omit the prefix altogether: {{Derani| |Cı áma.}} As linguists, we say that {{Derani||ne-}} has a '''null allomorph'''. | |||
Another important prefix is {{Derani||ko-}}. It forms '''ordinals''', much like the English suffix '-th'. | |||
She has two cats. | {{Example|{{Derani| |Kọsaq máq ké buajıo tı hû tıeq.}}|It's the third house on the street (third out of the houses on the street).}} | ||
{{Example|{{Derani| |Bọdana níjuı kộshı túq doaq po ní gua.}}|This city was the first in this country to fall.}} | |||
Finally, the prefix {{Derani||nho-}} turns a number into a determiner: | |||
{{Example|{{Derani| |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 {{Derani| |gú gochıq}}. | |||
== Counting higher == | == Counting higher == | ||