8,622
edits
Lifashian: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
m
→Distributive numerals
m (→Present) |
|||
| Line 1,028: | Line 1,028: | ||
Distributive numerals (in the neuter plural, except for "one") are those used in spoken multiplication, e.g. ''lis liséhá pitór séti'' "two times two equals four" (lit.: twice (adverbial) two (distributive neuter pl.) are four (cardinal neuter)). | Distributive numerals (in the neuter plural, except for "one") are those used in spoken multiplication, e.g. ''lis liséhá pitór séti'' "two times two equals four" (lit.: twice (adverbial) two (distributive neuter pl.) are four (cardinal neuter)). | ||
The related relational adjectives in ''-ónwás'' denote something "of X units", "consisting of X of something", e.g. ''hars hesyarírónwás'' "a village inhabited by 1000 people"; '' | The related relational adjectives in ''-ónwás'' denote something "of X units", "consisting of X of something", e.g. ''hars hesyarírónwás'' "a village inhabited by 1000 people"; ''bésylam teréhónwátt'' "a three-part flag (a triband)"; ''elot pembírónwás'' "a group of five people, quintet". | ||
====Collective numerals==== | ====Collective numerals==== | ||