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Menu 1. Basic Numbers 2. Number Construction 3. Suffixes and Cases


 Solish uses a fairly basic and regular base-10 number system, typically written in Arabic numerals0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9.


[edit] [top]Basic Numbers

The numbers 0-9 are as follows:
nia nia[n̪ia] - zero
lo lo[l*] - one
sa sa[sa] - two
be be[b*] - three
lum lum[lum] - four
en ain[ei̯n̪] - five
mes mes[m*s] - six
hov hov[h*v] - seven
liz liz[liz] - eight
kib kib[kib] - nine

Powers of 10 are as follows:
os os[*s] - ten
myt myt[m*t̪] - hundred
tuli tuli[t̪uli] - thousand
lokoto lokoto[l*k*t̪*] - million
sakoto sakoto[sak*t̪*] - billion
bekoto bekoto[b*k*t̪*] - trillion
lumkoto lumkoto[lumk*t̪*] - quadrillion
enkoto ainkoto[ei̯ŋk*t̪*] - quintillion
etc...

Something to note is that all of the "-illion" numbers start with a standard number, plus koto after it.
That is, for example, lokoto[l*k*t̪*] is literally something like "one-illion", sakoto[sak*t̪*] is "two-illion", etc. Think of the numbers before it like the prefixes before "-illion" in English, like "mil", "bi", "tri", "quad", and so forth.

[edit] [top]Number Construction

Constructing multi-digit numbers is as follows:
ossa ossa[*s:a] - twelve
os + sa = ossa
one ten (10) + two ones (2) = twelve (12)

saoxov saoshov[sa*ʃ*v] - twenty-seven
sa-os + hov = saoshov
two tens (20) + seven ones (7) = twenty-seven (27)

lumosen lumosain[lum*sei̯n̪] - fourty-five
lum-os + ain = lumosain
four tens (40) + five ones (5) = fourty-five (45)

mytenoslo mytainoslo[m*t̪ei̯n̪*sl*] - one hundred and eighty-one
myt + ain-os + lo = mytainoslo
one hundred (100) + eight tens (80) + one one (1) = one-hundred and eighty-one (181)

kibmytpeos kibmytpeos[kibm*t̪p**s] - nine hundred and thirty
kib-myt + be-os = kibmytpeos
nine hundreds (900) + three tens (30) = nine-hundred and thirty (930)

entulilummytlizoslo aintulilummytlizoslo[ei̯n̪t̪ulilum:*t̪liz*sl*] - five thousand four hundred and eighty-one
ain-tuli + lum-myt + liz-os + lo = aintulilummytlizoslo
five thousands (5,000) + four hundreds (400) + eight tens (80) + one one (1) = five-thousand four-hundred and eighty-one (5,481)

belokotokibdulisamytmesoxov belokotokibdulisamytmesoshov[b*l*k*t̪*kibd̪ulisam*t̪m*s*ʃ*v] - one million nine thousand two hundred and sixty-seven
be-lokoto + kib-tuli + sa-myt + mes-os + hov = belokotokibdulisamytmesoshov
one million (1,000,000) + nine thousands (9,000) + two hundreds (200) + six tens (60) + seven ones (7) = one million nine thousand two hundred and sixty-seven (1,009,267)



Place the largest place in the number first, and then go down from there.
All digits work like this, and typically they're written in numerals, not as full words. They are placed after nouns, like adjectives and adverbs.

Creating numbers like hundred-thousand (100,000) is simple, too: simply place the number for 100 (myt[m*t̪]) before the number for 1,000 (tuli[t̪uli]), which means 100,000 is myttuli[m*t̪:uli].

[edit] [top]Suffixes and Cases

Like with many other things in Solish, numerals have a selection of suffixes for conveying information. However, there are significantly fewer numeral cases than any other type of word, making it the easiest selection of cases to memorize.

MULPMultiplicative numeral
repetition or instances, e.g. once, thrice
ORDOrdinal
1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.
PRTNPartitive numerals
fractions; half, fourth, etc
PLVPlurative (number)
multiple parts of a whole
-len-loi-lup-hasu




The first case, multiplicative, refers to an amount of instances. In English, this is typically conveyed by adding a "-ce" to the end of the number: once, twice, and thrice. However, Solish does this for all numbers, not just 1, 2, and 3, and uses "-len".
In English, to state an amount of instances after three times, you put "times" after the number: four times, five times, six times, and so on. In Solish, this suffix accomplishes this: lumlen, ainlen, meslen, etc.

This suffix can also be used as a multiplier suffix, like English single, double, triple, and quadruple.

Example:

Śalhea
*alh*a
run-PASTPast tense (tense)
action occurred before moment of speech
-1SFirst person singular (person)
speaker, signer, etc.; I
salen
sal*n̪
two-MULPMultiplicative numeral
repetition or instances, e.g. once, thrice
jeto.
j*t̪*
today

I ran twice today.



The second case, ordinal, refers to a position in space or time. In English, examples are first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and so on. But unlike English, ordinal numbers are all regular.

Example:

Heetoheko
h**t̪*h*k*
rank-PASTPast tense (tense)
action occurred before moment of speech
-3SThird person singular (person)
neither speaker nor addressee
mesloi.
m*sl*i
six-ORDOrdinal
1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.

He was in sixth place.



The third case, partitive, describes fractions and decimals. It functions similar to the English "-nth". However, this case is only used for fractions and decimals.

It should be noted that -lup is also the diminutive suffix. Think of it like "small versions" of the numbers they modify.

Example:

ainlupui
ei̯n̪lupui
five-PRTNPartitive numerals
fractions; half, fourth, etc
-PLPlural (number)
more than one/few
sa
sa
two

two-fifths



The fourth and final case, plurative, refers to pieces of a whole noun, like "one of them", "two of them", etc.

Example:

huiito
hui:t̪*
cow-PLPlural (number)
more than one/few
-DEMDemonstrative
e.g. this/ that
lohasu
l*hasu
one-PLVPlurative (number)
multiple parts of a whole

one of these/those cows
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