10 Numerals: hvmken ‘one’ , hokkolen ‘two’
Here are the numbers from one to twenty.
- hvmken
- ‘one’
- hokkolen
- ‘two’
- tuccēnen
- ‘three’
- osten
- ‘four’
- cahkēpen
- ‘five’
- ēpaken
- ‘six’
- kolvpaken
- ‘seven’
- cenvpaken
- ‘eight’
- ostvpaken
- ‘nine’
- palen
- ‘ten’
- palen hvmkontvlaken
- ‘eleven’
- palen hokkolohkaken
- ‘twelve’
- palen tuccenohkaken
- ‘thirteen’
- palen ostohkaken
- ‘fourteen’
- palen cahkepohkaken
- ‘fifteen’
- palen ēpohkaken
- ‘sixteen’
- palen kolvpohkaken
- ‘seventeen’
- palen cenvpohkaken
- ‘eighteen’
- palen ostvpohkaken
- ‘nineteen’
- pale-hokkolen
- ‘twenty’
The numbers 21 to 29 are the same as 11 to 19, but with pale-hokkolen ‘twenty’ instead of palen ‘ten’.
- pale-hokkolen hvmkontvlaken
- ‘twenty’
- pale-hokkolen hvmkontvlaken
- ‘twenty-one’
- pale-hokkolen hokkolohkaken
- ‘twenty-two’
- palen-hokkolen tuccenohkaken
- ‘twenty-three’
- palen-hokkolen ostohkaken
- ‘twenty-four’
- palen-hokkolen cahkepohkaken
- ‘twenty-five’
- palen-hokkolen ēpohkaken
- ‘twenty-six’
- palen-hokkolen kolvpohkaken
- ‘twenty-seven’
- palen-hokkolen cenvpohkaken
- ‘twenty-eight’
- palen-hokkolen ostvpohkaken
- ‘twenty-nine’
Here are the higher numbers by tens. The numbers in between are expressed the same way as for palen-hokkolen ‘twenty’.
- pale-tuccēnen
- ‘thirty’
- pale-osten
- ‘forty’
- pale-cahkēpen
- ‘fifty’
- pale-ēpaken
- ‘sixty’
- pale-kolvpaken
- ‘seventy’
- pale-cenvpaken
- ‘eighty’
- pale-ostvpaken
- ‘ninety’
The word for hundred is cokpe. Thousand is cokpe-rakko (“big hundred”) and million is cokpe-rakko-vcule (“old big hundred”).
- cokpe hvmken
- ‘one hundred’
- cokpe-rakko hvmken
- ‘one thousand’
- cokpe-rakko-vcule hvmken
- ‘one million’
Using numbers
- Numerals follow the nouns they modify: efv hvmken ‘one dog’, efv hokkolen ‘two dogs’, efv tuccēnen ‘three dogs’, etc.
- When counting, the numerals end with -n: hvmken, hokkolen, tuccēnen, etc. When used in a sentence, -t is used for a subject, and -n is used for a direct object.
- Efv hvmket cvhēces.
- ‘One dog sees me.’
- Efv hvmken hēcis.
- ‘I see one dog.’
- When it’s clear from context, the noun preceding a number can be left off.
- Hvmken hēcis.
- ‘I see one.’
Ordinal numbers: ’svhvmkat ‘the first’
Ordinal Numbers describe position in a sequence (‘first’, ‘second’, etc.).
- hvmken
- ‘one’
- ’svhvmkat
- ‘the first’
- hokkolen
- ‘two’
- ’svhokkolat
- ‘the second’
- tuccēnen
- ‘three’
- ’svtuccēnat
- ‘the third’
- osten
- ‘four’
- ’sostat
- ‘the fourth’
- cahkēpen
- ‘five’
- ’svcahkēpat
- ‘the fifth’
- ēpaken
- ‘six’
- ’sēpakat
- ‘the sixth’
- kolvpaken
- ‘seven’
- eskolvpakat
- ‘the seventh’
- cenvpaken
- ‘eight’
- escenvpakat
- ‘the eighth’
- ostvpaken
- ‘nine’
- ’sostvpakat
- ‘the ninth’
- palen
- ‘ten’
- espalat
- ‘the tenth’
- palen hvmkontvlaken
- ‘eleven’
- palen eshvmkontvlakat
- ‘the eleventh’
- palen hokkolohkaken
- ‘twelve’
- palen eshokkolohkakat
- ‘the twelfth’
Ordinals may be used after a noun: nettv ’sēpakat ‘the sixth day’. They may also be used independently with an implied noun: ’sēpakat ‘the sixth one’.
Arithmetic
- Here are some patterns you can use for adding numbers:
- Hvmken hvtvm hvmken hokkolen hakēs.
- ‘One and one makes two.’
- Hvmken hvtvm hokkolen
- ‘If you add one and two, it makes three.’
- etohkaletsken owat, tuccēnen hakēs.
- Here is a pattern for subtraction:
- Ostat hokkolen encawetsken owat,
- ‘If you take two from four, two remains.’
- hokkolet vhoskēs.
- Here is one pattern for multiplication:
- Hokkolat estuccēnen owat,
- ‘Two times three is six.’
- kolvpaken hakēs.
- Palen ’svhokkolen owat,
- ‘Ten times two makes twenty.’
- pale-hokkolen hakēs.
- Here is another pattern for multiplication. This way is harder, but sounds more correct.
- Osten ’sosticetsken owat,
- ‘Four times four is sixteen.’
- palen ēpohkaken hakēs.
- Palen ’svhokkolicetsken owat,
- ‘Ten times two makes twenty.’
- pale-hokkolen hakēs.
