Laefêvëši/Numerals

Laefêvëši has several types of numerals.

Cardinal numerals

Numbers
Num.	Full	Clitic		Num.	Full	Clitic		Num.	Full	Clitic		Num.	Full	Clitic
0	mítta	-		10	šála	-assi
1	sá	-esi		11	sýša	-asi						100	ǿse	-essi
2	vrâ	-edi		12	séva	-adi		20	vrála	-addi		200	vráse	-eddi
3	lía	-eli		13	sélia	-ali		30	líala	-alli		300	ljáse	-elli
4	mâ	-emi		14	séma	-ami		40	mâla	-ammi		400	máse	-emmi
5	lúe	-eti		15	sélue	-ati		50	lúela	-atti		500	lêse	-etti
6	lái	-eki		16	seína	-aki		60	láinala	-akki		600	laínse	-ekki
7	léi	-eni		17	séina	-ani		70	léiala	-anni		700	léise	-enni
8	lêja	-egi		18	sélna	-agi		80	lêjala	-aggi		800	jálejse	-eggi
9	fará	-efi		19	séra	-afi		90	farála	-affi		900	faráse	-effi

For numbers like 21, 23 and so forth, the unit comes first, followed by the ten; they're linked together by -i-, or -u- when the unit ends on -i.
Examples:

• 21: sáivrála
• 33: líailíala
• 66: láiuláinala
• 67: léiuláinala
• 105: ǿse lúe
• 318: ljáse sélna
• 540: lêse mâla
• 677: laínse léiuléiala
• 842: jálejse vrâimâla
• 999: faráse faráifarála

Higher numbers (thousands, hundreds, millions, etc.) follow a simmilar pattern than tens and hundreds: simply add the appropriate suffix to the number.
The suffixes are:

• thousand: -(i)nne
• million: -(i)tte
• billion (milliard): -(i)kke
• trillion (billion): -(i)ffe

Examples:

• 1000: asínne
• 2000: vrâinne
• 7000: léinne
• 10,000: šálainne
• 13,000: séliainne
• 50,000: lúelainne
• 87,000: léiulêjalainne
• 100,000: ǿseinne
• 1,000,000: asítte
• 1,000,000,000: asíkke
• 1,000,000,000,000: asíffe

Units and tens are always written together; hundreds and units and tens are written separate unless when a suffix is added, then they're written together (but no other changes occur).
Examples:

• 189,027: ǿsefaráilêjalainne léiuvrála
• 8,354,924: lêjaitte ljásemâilúelainne faráse mâivrála
• 530,402,084,912: lêselíalaikke másevrâitte mâilêjalainne faráse séva

Clitic forms

The clitic forms are suffixed to nouns; there can be more than one suffix per noun.

Example:

• (364,000) three hundred sixty-four thousand years: eróelliemiakkinne (eróelliemiakkinne)

Ordinal numerals

Ordinal numerals decline like adjectives.

Ordinal numerals
Number	Singular
0	mílli
1	asíli
2	adíli
3	lítli
4	mátli
5	lúeli
6	laíli
7	létli
8	leíli
9	faríli
10	šálli
11	sýšili
12	sévili
13	sélili
14	sémili
15	séluili
16	seínili
17	séinili
18	sélnili
19	sérili
20	vrálli
21	sáivrálli
22	vrâivrálli
23	líaivrálli
24	mâivrálli
25	lúeivrálli
26	láiuvrálli
27	léiuvrálli
28	lêjaivrálli
29	faráivrálli
30	líalli
40	mâlli
50	lúelli
60	láinalli
70	léialli
80	lêjalli
90	farálli
100	ǿsili
200	vrásili
300	ljásili
400	másili
500	lêsili
600	laísili
700	léisili
800	jálejsili
900	farásili
1000	asínnili

Collective numerals

Formation - to the cardinal numeral add: -to (which becomes -CCo when adding to clitic forms where the -CC- is a geminate consonant of the clitic).

The following noun is in genitive plural.

Examples:

• 5: lúe → lúeto
• 5 years → lúeto erófe
• 5 years → eróetto

Differential numerals

Formation - to the cardinal numeral add: -nui (which becomes -CCui when adding to clitic forms where the -CC- is a geminate consonant of the clitic).

The following noun is in nominative plural.

Example:

• 5: lúe → lúenui
• 5 years → lúenui eróf
• 5 years → eróettui

Multiplicative numerals

Formation from cardinal numerals, remove the final vowel and add: -jau

Example:

• 20: vrála → vráljau

Some numbers do not follow the above rules:

Multiplicative numerals
Number	Form
0	mítjau
1	ýjau
2	ádjau
3	líjau
4	mâjau
5	lújau
6	lâjau
7	léjau
8	lêjau
9	fárjau

Fractions

To the cardinal numeral add the suffix: -sia

Example:

• 1/4 (one fourth): sá mâsia

Decimal

Decimal numerals are written with a comma (,), also called decimal comma, which differentiate full numbers from the decimal numbers.

In speech, the decimal comma is read as máru and the decimal numbers are read digit by digit.

Example:

• 3.547: 3,547 → lía máru lúe mâ léi

Numerals in -pē (nominalised numerals)

Formation from cardinal numerals, remove the final vowel and add the suffix: -pē

Example:

• 18: sélna → sélnpē

Irregular forms

Nominalised numerals
Numbers
0	míppē
1	ýppē
2	áppē
3	líppē
4	mâppē
5	lúppē
6	lâppē
7	álpē
8	lêppē
9	fáppē

Adverbial numerals

Adverbs of frequency

Formation from cardinal numerals, remove the final vowel, if it is preceded by a consonant, geminate it (if possible), and add the suffix: -en

Examples:

• eleven times: sýśa → sýšen
• ten times: śála → šállen

Irregular forms

Frequental numerals
Numbers
zero times	mítven
once	ýssen
twice	ádden
three times	lírren
four times	mârven
five times	êllen
six times	láiven
seven times	âllen
eight times	lêjen
nine times	fárven

Adverbs of time

Formation from cardinal numerals, remove the final vowel and add the suffix: -þi If after removing the final vowel the word ends in -s, it turns to -þ, onto which the normal suffix -þi is added, thus forming a geminate consonant þþ.

Examples:

• fourteenth time: séma → sémþi
• hundredth time: ǿse → ǿþþi

Irregular forms

Temporal numerals
Numbers
zeroth time	míþþi
first time	ýþþi
second time	áþþi
third time	líþi
fourth time	mâþi
fifth time	lúþi
sixth time	lâþþi
seventh time	léþþi
eighth time	lêþþi
ninth time	fáþþi
tenth time	šálþi
eleventh time	sýþþi

Other

Other suffixes:

• plus: kên, -ēn
• minus: rôn, -ōn
• times: vrém, -ēr
• divided: atóm, -ōm
• to the power: nêttøla, -ttøla
• X and a half: number+partitive dual