Counting NumbersYivrian has a decimal counting system. The numbers for one through ten are:
| ba |
one |
| sim |
two |
| né |
three |
| tu |
four |
| kui |
five |
| vé |
six |
| fé |
seven |
| gi |
eight |
| ka |
nine |
| sila |
ten |
For counting above ten, Yivrian puts together numbers from the smallest
to the largest. Thus, "thirteen," for example, is composed of 'three'
plus 'ten.' This applies to all numbers larger than ten, except that
the prefixed form for "one" when counting higher than ten is ai-. The number gi "eight" is also spelled gí- everywhere except when it is by itself. Thus, the numerals from eleven to twenty are:
| aisila |
eleven |
| simsila |
twelve |
| nésila |
thirteen |
| tusila |
fourteen |
| kuisila |
fifteen |
| vésila |
sixteen |
| fésila |
seventeen |
| gísila |
eighteen |
| kasila |
nineteen |
| sinda |
twenty |
The multiples of ten are formed by suffixing -a
to the counting form of the number. As shown above, the number for
"twenty" is irregular. The multiples of ten up through 90 are:
| sila |
ten |
| sinda |
twenty |
| néa |
thirty |
| tua |
forty |
| kuia (also spelled kuya |
fifty |
| véa |
sixty |
| féa |
seventy |
| gía |
eighty |
| kaa |
ninety |
The word for hundred is silota, and the multiples of one hundred are formed by adding the suffix -ota to the end of the counting form. Likewise, "thousand" is siluva, and the ending -uva is used for the higher multiples. Yivrian cannot count higher than the thousands using native words. Thus:
| silota |
hundred |
siluva |
thousand |
| sindota |
two hundred |
sinduva |
two thousand |
| néota |
three hundred |
néuva |
three thousand |
| tuota |
four hundred |
tu'uva |
four thousand |
| kuyota |
five hundred |
kuyuva |
five thousand |
| véota |
six hundred |
véuva |
six thousand |
| féota |
seven hundred |
féuva |
seven thousand |
| gíota |
eight hundred |
gíuva |
eight thousand |
| ka'ota |
nine hundred |
kauva |
nine thousand |
When applying these to nouns, the number forms
are simply prefixed. When this happens, any other quantifier or
determiner prefix is disallowed. The plural suffix must be used with
any number higher than 'one.' Ex:
| simkéhar |
two hands |
| tuyindar |
four people |
| fénéavyerdar |
thirty-seven trees |
| etc. |
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Ordinals and FractionsOrdinals are generally formed by adding the adjectival suffix -il to the number. "First and "second" are irregular:
| aisil |
first |
| sindil |
second |
| néil |
third |
| etc. |
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Fractions are not commonly used in Yivrian. When they are used, they are generally formed with the preposition na followed by the number in question, e.g. aras na tu "one fourth of the land." To indicate multiples of a unit fraction, the multiple is placed first followed by na, followed by the fraction expression. Ex: né na aras na tu "three fourths of the land." The exception is the number "half," which is usually formed with the prefix sindi-, e.g. sindiaras "half of the land."
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