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Other numbers are expressed as tens - ja - units: ''caštrata ja šuma'' "42". In rapid speech, the conjunction ''ja'' may be left out, and the suffix -ta may be dropped from all other tens than ''plata'': ''cäži čaipa'' "37", ''plata fie'' "25".
Other numbers are expressed as tens - ja - units: ''caštrata ja šuma'' "42". In rapid speech, the conjunction ''ja'' may be left out, and the suffix -ta may be dropped from all other tens than ''plata'': ''cäži čaipa'' "37", ''plata fie'' "25".
The first two ordinals are ''keri'' and ''jarig''. Other ordinals are formed by suffixing -(a)l: ''cäžil'' "third", ''bupal'' "eighth". Ordinal forms of compound numbers add -(a)l to the last part, except if this is ''bå'' or ''šuma'', in which case ''keri'' and ''jarig'' are used: ''fieta ja čapail'' "57th", ''bupta ja jarig'' "82nd".


==Syntax==
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