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Since {{PAGENAME}} has singular and dual forms, modifying numerals one and two are not needed; thus ''Hén li voda v bęc'' 'I have two sons and a daughter' is just as correct as (in fact preferred to) ''Hén fla voda v ahda bęc''. | Since {{PAGENAME}} has singular and dual forms, modifying numerals one and two are not needed; thus ''Hén li voda v bęc'' 'I have two sons and a daughter' is just as correct as (in fact preferred to) ''Hén fla voda v ahda bęc''. | ||
The ordinal numerals ''okdom'' 'first' and ''okrob'' 'second' are suppletive; ''okdom'' is the elative of the root ''k-d-m'' (''kodam'') 'front, before', (cf. the etymology of ''first''), and ''okrob'' is the elative of ''k-r-b'' ('' | The ordinal numerals ''okdom'' 'first' and ''okrob'' 'second' are suppletive; ''okdom'' is the elative of the root ''k-d-m'' (''kodam'') 'front, before', (cf. the etymology of ''first''), and ''okrob'' is the elative of ''k-r-b'' (''koreb'') 'near' (cf. ''next''). | ||
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