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When used predicatively, both types of adjective follow the entire noun phrase and precede the relevant form of ''yita'' "to be". Verbal adjectives are unmodified in this usage and, as often with English, the adjectival function of the participle is indistinguishable from the verbal function, e.g. ''fuz tong ba ekonna xiniteng'' "this tree wasn't growing", ''haz gyong to ba ewai jaite'' "that old man is tired". | When used predicatively, both types of adjective follow the entire noun phrase and precede the relevant form of ''yita'' "to be". Verbal adjectives are unmodified in this usage and, as often with English, the adjectival function of the participle is indistinguishable from the verbal function, e.g. ''fuz tong ba ekonna xiniteng'' "this tree wasn't growing", ''haz gyong to ba ewai jaite'' "that old man is tired". | ||
===Numerals=== | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|+ Cardinal Numbers | |||
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| width="25px;" | '''1''' || width="100px;" | ''bang'' || width="25px;" | '''11''' || width="100px;" | ''tamabang'' || width="25px;" | '''21''' || width="100px;" | ''bitamabang'' | |||
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| '''2''' || ''bi'' || '''12''' || ''tamabi'' || '''22''' || ''bitamabi'' | |||
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| '''3''' || ''chiru'' || '''13''' || ''tamachiru || '''30''' || ''chirutamaz'' | |||
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| '''4''' || ''kichi'' || '''14''' || ''tamakichi'' || '''40''' || ''kichitamaz'' | |||
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| '''5''' || ''muchi'' || '''15''' || ''tamamuchi'' || '''50''' || ''muchitamaz'' | |||
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| '''6''' || ''suru'' || '''16''' || ''tamasuru'' || '''60''' || ''surutamaz'' | |||
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| '''7''' || ''xipi'' || '''17''' || ''tamaipi'' || '''70''' || ''xipitamaz'' | |||
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| '''8''' || ''pusu'' || '''18''' || ''tamapusu'' || '''80''' || ''pusutamaz'' | |||
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| '''9''' || ''deresh'' || '''19''' || ''tamaderesh'' || '''90''' || ''dereitamaz'' | |||
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| '''10''' || ''tamaz'' || '''20''' || ''bitamaz'' || '''100''' || ''inung'' | |||
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Numbers are based on a decimal system, though numbers above 10 are, in reality, rarely used. The word ''inung'', translated here as '100', is generally used for any large number. Higher numbers can be created, somewhat artificially, in the form ''bang le inung'' '101', ''tamaipi le inung'' '117'. | |||
The compound numerals, from 11 up, are frequently reduced in speech to ''tambi, tanchiru, tankichi, tammuchi, tansuru, tangipi, tampusu, tanderesh'' etc. | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|+ Ordinal Numbers | |||
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| width="25px;" | '''1st''' || width="100px;" | ''deng'' | |||
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| '''2nd''' || ''byeng'' || | |||
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| '''3rd''' || ''chyeng'' || | |||
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| '''4th''' || ''kichyeng'' || | |||
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| '''5''' || ''muchichi'' || | |||
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| '''6''' || ''suruchi'' || | |||
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| '''7''' || ''xipichi'' || | |||
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| '''8''' || ''pusuchi'' || | |||
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| '''9''' || ''dereichi'' || | |||
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| '''10''' || ''tamachi'' || | |||
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===Pronouns=== | ===Pronouns=== | ||