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Cardinal numerals are used attributively or independently. When used attributively, a cardinal is part of a noun phrase and quantifies a noun and an attributive cardinal always follows its head noun: ''Nihōktir khiŋ '''hō'''ax'' "There are six days in a week"; ''Cuthuri ninma mirimōma '''eška'''nu'' "the prophetic triplets of Cuthuri (a large Umu city)". Rarely a numeral can behave like an adjective: ''yu eškax urireya'' "write down number three" (literally: "it, being three, write down"). A numeral can also be used independently from nouns: ''phak athaix'' "There were four (of them)", ''ŋeŋapnu hōškax'' "She/he has nine plates" (literally: "his/her plates are nine"). | Cardinal numerals are used attributively or independently. When used attributively, a cardinal is part of a noun phrase and quantifies a noun and an attributive cardinal always follows its head noun: ''Nihōktir khiŋ '''hō'''ax'' "There are six days in a week"; ''Cuthuri ninma mirimōma '''eška'''nu'' "the prophetic triplets of Cuthuri (a large Umu city)". Rarely a numeral can behave like an adjective: ''yu eškax urireya'' "write down number three" (literally: "it, being three, write down"). A numeral can also be used independently from nouns: ''phak athaix'' "There were four (of them)", ''ŋeŋapnu hōškax'' "She/he has nine plates" (literally: "his/her plates are nine"). | ||
With the exception of the first six, ordinal numerals are formed from the cardinal ones by adding the suffix ''-in'': ''ra '''eše'''zur'' "for the third time". An ordinal can make up a noun phrase in its own right: ''ešne | With the exception of the first six, ordinal numerals are formed from the cardinal ones by adding the suffix ''-in'': ''ra '''eše'''zur'' "for the third time". An ordinal can make up a noun phrase in its own right: ''ešne sathukkatō'' "the fourth one has been received". An ordinal can also make up an adverbial phrase. The following phrases, for instance, occur frequently: ''ŋizur'' "firstly", ''mēzur'' "secondly". | ||
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