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<blockquote>{{Derani| |Neu fé gú róı sáq.}} | <blockquote>{{Derani| |Neu fé gú róı sáq.}} | ||
Five is the sum of two and three.</blockquote>To form larger numbers (up to 9999), digits are accompanied by a scale: {{Derani||heı}} for tens, {{Derani||fue}} for hundreds, and {{Derani||bıq}} for thousands. For example, 1234 would be spoken as {{Derani||shíbıqgufuesaqheıjo}}. Note that we never write out {{Derani||kóam}} as a digit, and {{Derani||shıheı}} may be abbreviated to {{Derani||heı}}. This means that we can write [[Timeline|the year that Toaq Beta was released]] as {{Derani| | Five is the sum of two and three.</blockquote>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-}}.<blockquote>{{Derani| |Eju… Nẹcı áma.}} | ||
Let's see… There are six of us. (We are six in number.)</blockquote>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'.<blockquote>{{Derani| |Kọsaq máq ké buajıo tı hû tıeq.}} | |||
It's the third house on the street (third out of the houses on the street).</blockquote><blockquote>{{Derani| |Bọdana níjuı kộshı túq doaq po ní gua.}} | |||
This city was the first in this country to fall.</blockquote>Finally, the prefix {{Derani||nho-}} turns a number into a determiner:<blockquote>{{Derani| |Hẹkıaı nháo nhọ́gu gochıq.}} | |||
She has two cats.</blockquote>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 == | |||
To form larger numbers (up to 9999), digits are accompanied by a scale: {{Derani||heı}} for tens, {{Derani||fue}} for hundreds, and {{Derani||bıq}} for thousands. For example, 1234 would be spoken as {{Derani||shíbıqgufuesaqheıjo}}. Note that we never write out {{Derani||kóam}} as a digit, and {{Derani||shıheı}} may be abbreviated to {{Derani||heı}}. This means that we can write [[Timeline|the year that Toaq Beta was released]] as {{Derani||kọ́gubıqheıdıaı}}. | |||
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. | ||
== Quantities == | |||
to-do: decimals, negatives, units, oh my | |||