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|name = Mila | |name = Mila | ||
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means ‘the eating pig’ (so a pig which is eating). | means ‘the eating pig’ (so a pig which is eating). | ||
===Numerals=== | |||
The base ten numerals of Mila come in two forms, called long and short forms. The most commonly used form of counting would be a mixture of both forms, with the first five numbers most commonly given in their long forms and numbers beyond 5 given in their short form. | |||
====Long Form Numerals==== | |||
The numbers 1-5 are as follows: | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |||
|- | |||
! Number | |||
! 1 | |||
! 2 | |||
! 3 | |||
! 4 | |||
! 5 | |||
|- | |||
! Symbol | |||
| .ɛ. | |||
| .ɜ. | |||
| .ɤ. | |||
| .m. | |||
| .ɞ. | |||
|- | |||
! Written form | |||
| ωɔι | |||
| υnɾ | |||
| ωoɷ | |||
| oυɾ | |||
| υɾɾ | |||
|- | |||
! Pronunciation | |||
| ['nukhɐ] | |||
| ['lictɐ] | |||
| ['nubmɐ] | |||
| ['pudɐ] | |||
| ['litɐ] | |||
|} | |||
Although these numerals behave like adjectives they do not take the adjectival ending ''':ω''' [-in] when modifying nouns, so we would say, for example, '''.ɤ.-υɔɔ''' [pudɐ 'lukɐ] for ''4 chairs''. Note that the numeral in this position does not take stress. If placed in the predicate position then it inflects as with other predicates. If the numeral modifies the subject then predicate agreement for the numerals 1-5 will be in the singular. | |||
The numerals 6-10 are, rather confusingly, identical in pronunciation to the numbers 1-5 respectively, the difference between the two is that they have different symbols and a predicate will be in the plural for the numbers 6-10. The symbols in Mila are 6 '''.c.''', 7 '''ɔ''', 8 '''ɾ''', 9 '''n''', 10 '''o'''. We therefore have the sentences '''.ɤ.-υɔɔ:n-ʌɾń''' [nubmɐ 'lukic ri'dac] ''three chairs are broken'' which does not have the plural indicator on the predicate so [nubma] indicates ''3'', whereas '''.ɾ.-υɔɔ:n-ʌɾń:ɾ''' [nubmɐ 'lukic ri'dactɐ] ''eight chairs are broken''. Long form numbers are restricted to the numbers from one to ten. | |||
====Short Form Numerals==== | |||
Although there are long forms for the numbers from one to ten, because of the correspondence between the numerals one to five and those from six to ten, in practice these are often not used for the numbers from six to ten. Each of these numbers also has a short form which are as follows: | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |||
|- | |||
! Number | |||
| 1 | |||
| 2 | |||
| 3 | |||
| 4 | |||
| 5 | |||
| 6 | |||
| 7 | |||
| 8 | |||
| 9 | |||
| 10 | |||
|- | |||
! Short form | |||
| [nu] | |||
| [ic] | |||
| [ub] | |||
| [pu] | |||
| [li] | |||
| [kuh] | |||
| [cit] | |||
| [pum] | |||
| [lit] | |||
| [tit] | |||
|} | |||
In usual speech the long forms are used for the numbers from 1 to 5, whereas the short forms are used for the numbers beyond 6. Using the long form for 6-10 is now considered old fashioned. The short forms will also be used for the numbers 1-5 when describing mathematical processes. Again when these are used with the subject the predicate will be singular for the numbers 1-5 and plural for the numbers 6-10. | |||
===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||