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Lesson 9 - Numbers
Numbers in Somish are formed regularly.
The basic numbers are:
| nol |
zero |
| en |
one |
| to |
two |
| tre |
three |
| fire |
four |
| fem |
five |
| ses |
six |
| su |
seven |
| ote |
eight |
| nie |
nine |
| tie |
ten |
| hundre |
hundred |
| tusen |
thousand |
| miljon |
million |
These elements are combined logically. Every number is written
as a single word, with place values separated by hyphens.
| totie
|
twenty |
| tie-to |
twelve |
| totie-to |
twenty-two |
| firehundre-sutie-ses |
four
hundred seventy-six |
| tusen-tie-nie |
one
thousand nineteen |
Multiplication is achieved by adding pel
(multiply)
to the end of the number:
| topel
|
double |
| trepel |
triple |
| tiepel |
tenfold |
Therefore, fractions are formed simply by adding upel
(fraction):
| toupel
|
half |
| treupel |
third |
| tieupel |
tenth |
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