Verse:Mwail/Tucootka/Lexicon: Difference between revisions
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==Numerals== | ==Numerals== | ||
Different numerals are declined differently: | Different numerals are declined differently: | ||
*Cardinal numerals one and two (and those ending in "1" or "2") are declined as adjectives. All other numerals require the noun they modify to be in the genitive case. | *Cardinal numerals one and two (and those ending in "1" or "2") are declined as adjectives. | ||
*Cardinals that end in ''šolaf'' (3) through ''cés'' (9) or in ''hošor'' (10-19) are declined like feminine singular nouns in adnominal position (''Jef šolafa ęsáj'' 'There are three people') and like masculine singular nouns in nominal position (''Jef šolaf'' 'There are three'). | *All other numerals are declined as nouns and require the noun they modify to be in the genitive case. | ||
*Cardinals that end in ''qošory'' (20), ''šolafy'' (30), ..., ''césy'' (90) are declined as masculine plural nouns. | **Cardinals that end in ''šolaf'' (3) through ''cés'' (9) or in ''hošor'' (10-19) are declined like feminine singular nouns in adnominal position (''Jef šolafa ęsáj'' 'There are three people') and like masculine singular nouns in nominal position (''Jef šolaf'' 'There are three'). | ||
*''Meja'' (100) and ''olop'' (1000) are declined as masculine nouns. | **Cardinals that end in ''qošory'' (20), ''šolafy'' (30), ..., ''césy'' (90) are declined as masculine plural nouns. | ||
**''Meja'' (100) and ''olop'' (1000) are declined as masculine nouns. | |||
Since {{PAGENAME}} has singular and dual forms, modifying numerals one and two are not needed; thus ''Nǫšú voldě v bęto'' 'I have two sons and a daughter' is just as correct as ''Nǫšú flě voldě v ahdoto bęto''. | Since {{PAGENAME}} has singular and dual forms, modifying numerals one and two are not needed; thus ''Nǫšú voldě v bęto'' 'I have two sons and a daughter' is just as correct as ''Nǫšú flě voldě v ahdoto bęto''. | ||
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|''meja'' | |''meja'' | ||
|''mejocí'' | |''mejocí'' | ||
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|''mejota'' | |||
|''mejotají'' | |||
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|''šolafa mejác'' | |||
|''šolafamejocí'' | |||
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|''olop'' | |''olop'' | ||
|''olpí'' | |''olpí'' | ||
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|2000 | |||
|''olpa'' | |||
|''olpají'' | |||
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|''šolafa olpy'' | |||
|''šolafaolpí'' | |||
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