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Nouns are not declined based on grammatical roles. Nouns may be split into two categories, namely those singular by default, often solitary, unique, or abstract, and those plural by default, often gregarious or measured by amount (such as uncountable nouns in English). When the usage indicates a different number than the default or when specification is desired, a ''suffix of number'' may be attached to the noun to express a wide range of meanings, such as -''il'' "linear arrangement of", -''ij'' "grouping of", -''is'' "member of", -''ik'' "small amount of". | Nouns are not declined based on grammatical roles. Nouns may be split into two categories, namely those singular by default, often solitary, unique, or abstract, and those plural by default, often gregarious or measured by amount (such as uncountable nouns in English). When the usage indicates a different number than the default or when specification is desired, a ''suffix of number'' may be attached to the noun to express a wide range of meanings, such as -''il'' "linear arrangement of", -''ij'' "grouping of", -''is'' "member of", -''ik'' "small amount of". | ||
A noun may be preceded by a particle that may express determinate/indeterminate, figurative/literal, and general/specific. Although the particle corresponds to the determiner in English, in Hwnic it is frequently seen as part of the noun, where certain combinations may have idiomatic meanings, such as ''ci ceqn'' "a specific pattern of excessive buying for the | A noun may be preceded by a particle that may express determinate/indeterminate, figurative/literal, and general/specific. Although the particle corresponds to the determiner in English, in Hwnic it is frequently seen as part of the noun, where certain combinations may have idiomatic meanings in certain contexts, such as ''ci ceqn'' "a specific pattern of excessive buying for the purpose of obtaining collectibles". | ||
=== Verbs === | === Verbs === | ||
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Hwnic uses Arabic numerals. Previously the numbers 5, 6, 7 and 9 were made up by other numbers, but their names were shortened as inspired by East Asian counting systems. | Hwnic uses Arabic numerals. Previously the numbers 5, 6, 7 and 9 were made up by other numbers, but their names were shortened as inspired by East Asian counting systems. | ||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
| Number || 0 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 4 || 5 || 6 || 7 || 8 || 9 | |||
|- | |||
| Pronunciation || kul || xa || vu || bim || ces || gis || os || it || cu || den | |||
|} | |||
Numerals above 10 are formed with a special affix at the beginning, followed by an enumeration of the digits. Which prefix to use depends on how many digits the number has. | |||
For numbers with 10 digits or more, a scientific-notation-like system is used. | {| class="wikitable" | ||
| Number of digits || 2 || 3 || 4 || 5 || 6 || 7 || 8 || 9 | |||
|- | |||
| Prefix || xoq || xem || rea || ran || osugo || itugo || cuugo || denugo | |||
|} | |||
For numbers with 10 digits or more, a scientific-notation-like system is used. The affix is added at the end instead, and digits are enumerated from least significant to most significant, with all unspecified digits being zero. | |||
577 014, osugogisititleikulxaces | 577 014, osugogisititleikulxaces | ||
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1/2 leci OR xalecipu; 3/4 binlecipces; where ''leci'' means "part" and the word means "three out of four parts", and thus both are cardinals. | 1/2 leci OR xalecipu; 3/4 binlecipces; where ''leci'' means "part" and the word means "three out of four parts", and thus both are cardinals. | ||
Hwnic has a unusual way to express grouping with ''to'' "multiplied by": ''xoqavu'' means 12 in no particular arrangement, ''bintoces'' means 3x4 arrangement, ''vutoos'' means 2x6 arrangement. The smaller number goes first. However, to say 1x12 or 12 objects filed in one row, it would not be *''xatoxoqavu'', but rather with a collective suffix. A row of 12 apples (''oqul'') would be ''xoqavu oqulil''. | |||
== Syntax == | == Syntax == | ||