Ordinal Numbers and Something
Forming ordinals is way too easy. Just pick the number you want and add -tte for the ones ending in a vowel and -te if it ends with -n. It does apply to every number except bir "one" and ni "two", that becomes riszon "first" and szeni "second", respectively.
For compound numbers, the rule is same:
Some expressions on numbers:
- sa → satte (3rd)
- ho → hotte (4th)
- go → gotte (5th)
- so → sotte (6th)
- ste → stette (7th)
- ka → katte (8th)
- ku → kutte (9th)
- ju → jutte (10th)
- niju → nijutte (20th)
- saju → sajutte (30th)
- han → hante (100th)
- sen → sente (1000th)
- miliona → milionatte (1000000th)
For compound numbers, the rule is same:
- ju-sa (13) → ju-satte (13th)
- niju-sa (23) → niju-satte (23rd)
- hosen-goju (450) → hosen-gojutte (450th)
- usen-kuhan-kuju-ku (1999th) → usen-kuhan-kuju-kutte (1999th)
- nisen-ju-go (2015) → nisen-ju-gotte (2015th)
Some expressions on numbers:
- Mai gotte iv → every fifth year. The word mai is used within time expressions only.
- Mitriszon elsatte iv → since the first until the third year. Note the prefixes mit- "from" and el- "to" attached just onto the numbers because they are acting as noun extensions in relation with the noun iv "year", avoiding its necessity of being repeated.
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