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Numbers in Af Mexee are nouns. Ordinal numbers are the genitives of the corresponding cardinal numbers. | Numbers in Af Mexee are nouns. Ordinal numbers are the genitives of the corresponding cardinal numbers. | ||
*Cardinal numbers precede the noun they modify, which appears in the genitive. When modified by a cardinal number, nouns are usually in the singular since the plural marking is redundant (but still allowed). If the indefinite genitive is used, it is always ''-oód'' (regardless of which ending the noun normally takes). | *Cardinal numbers precede the noun they modify, which appears in the genitive. When modified by a cardinal number, nouns are usually in the singular since the plural marking is redundant (but still allowed). If the indefinite genitive is used, it is always ''-oód'' (regardless of which ending the noun normally takes). | ||
:e.g. ''áfar nín | :e.g. ''áfar nín / áfar nimooýn / áfar nimoód'' "four men" | ||
*Ordinal numbers follow the noun being modified. | *Ordinal numbers follow the noun being modified. | ||
:e.g. ''nínki afraád'' "the fourth man" | :e.g. ''nínki afraád'' "the fourth man" | ||