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== Colloquial numbers == | == Colloquial numbers == | ||
[[File: sorji (peh).mp3|thumb|none| | [[File: sorji (peh).mp3|thumb|none|{{x|cit}}, {{x|nng}}, {{x|svaf}}, {{x|six}}, {{x|go}}, {{x|lak}}, {{x|chid}}, {{x|peq}}, {{x|kao}}, {{x|zap}}]] | ||
=== Cardinal numbers === | === Cardinal numbers === | ||
To count "how many", "{{w|cardinal numbers}}" are used. Use the colloquial system (''cit'', ''nng'', ''svaf'') together with a [[lioxngsuu|classifier]] (the classifier will [[tone sandhi|change tone]] when spoken). For example: | To count "how many", "{{w|cardinal numbers}}" are used. Use the colloquial system (''cit'', ''nng'', ''svaf'') together with a [[lioxngsuu|classifier]] (the classifier will [[tone sandhi|change tone]] when spoken). For example, from ''[[Cidboea Hii]]'': | ||
; | ; cidboea hii, nngxciaq kef, svazaang chiuar, ... | ||
: | : a tail of fish, a pair of chickens, three trees, ... | ||
From 11, ''{{x|id}}'' and ''{{x|ji}}'' begin to be used instead of ''cit'' & ''nng''. For example: | From '''11''', '''{{x|id}}''' and '''{{x|ji}}''' begin to be used instead of '''cit''' & '''nng'''. For example: | ||
; zab'itboea (11-boea), zabjixciaq (12-ciaq), zabsvazaang (13-zaang), ... | |||
; jixzab'itboea (21-boea), jixzabjixciaq (22-ciaq), ... | |||
From '''100''', '''{{x|paq}}''', count the hundreds place with '''cit''', '''nng''', '''svaf'''... and from 101, the blank tens place is {{gt|khoxng|空|[[0|zero]]}}: | |||
: | |||
; {{x|cidpaq}}-ee (100-ee), cidpah'khorng'it'boea (101-boea), cidpah'khorngji'ciaq (102-ciaq), ... | |||
; {{ | |||
There are shortcuts when the ones place is blank: | There are shortcuts when the ones place is blank: | ||
; {{ | ; {{x|pah'id}}-ee (110-ee), cidpah'zab'it'boea (111-boea), ..., | ||
; {{x|pahji}}-ee (120-ee), cidpah'jixzab'it'boea (121-boea) | |||
As we said, the next hundreds place is counted with ''{{x|nng}}''. | As we said, the next hundreds place is counted with '''{{x|nng}}'''. | ||
; {{ | ; {{x|nngxpaq}}-ee (200-ee), nngxpah'id-ee (210-ee), nngxpahji-ee (220-ee) | ||
Above 200, there's a shortcut using ''{{x|ar}}'' as a "weak form" of "hundred" (''{{x|paq}}'' -> ''{{x|aq}}'' -> ''ar''): | Above '''200''', there's a shortcut using '''{{x|ar}}''' as a "weak form" of "hundred" (''{{x|paq}}'' -> ''{{x|aq}}'' -> ''ar''): | ||
; | ; jixafid-ee (210-ee), jixafji-ee (220-ee), ... | ||
; goxafid-ee (510-ee), goxafji-ee (520-ee), ... | |||
; | |||
Thousands: | Thousands: | ||
; {{ | ; {{x|cidzhefng}} (1000), {{x|zheng'id}} / {{x|cidzheng'id}} (1100), {{x|nngxchiefn}} (2000) | ||
: 1,000, 1,100, 2,000 | : 1,000, 1,100, 2,000 | ||
Ten thousand: | Ten thousand: | ||
; {{ | ; {{x|cidban}} (1,0000), cidbaxn'id (1,1000), ..., nngxban (2,0000), ... | ||
: 10,000, 11,000, ..., 20,000 | : 10,000, 11,000, ..., 20,000 | ||
'''{{x|Pahban}}''' (100,0000) is million (1,000,000). | |||
=== Ordinal numbers === | === Ordinal numbers === | ||
For [[ordinal numbers]], when the numerals are preceded by the prefix ''{{x|te}}'': | For [[ordinal numbers]], when the numerals are preceded by the prefix '''{{x|te}}''': | ||
; {{x|texid}}, {{x|texji}}, {{x|texsvaf}}, {{x|texsix}}, {{x|texgo}}, ... | ; {{x|texid}}, {{x|texji}}, {{x|texsvaf}}, {{x|texsix}}, {{x|texgo}}, ... | ||
: first, second, third, ... | : first, second, third, ... | ||