Hosul Numerals
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Hosul is a conlang that uses a base-10 numeral system. However, after 10, numbers are constructed by compounding two numerals together. An example of the Hosul numeral system is shown using Arabic numerals below:Zero - 0
One - 1
Two - 2
Three - 3
Four - 4
Five - 5
Six - 6
Seven - 7
Eight - 8
Nine - 9
Ten - 10
Fifteen - 10+5
Twenty - 2x10
Twenty-four - 2x10+4
Fifty - 5x10
One hundred - 100
Two hundred and forty-three - 2x100 + 4x10 + 3
Below are the names of each numeral written in Hosul.
Zero - kyeo(hae)
One - aes
Two - ppe
Three - ppo(hyu)
Four - ryeo(ho)
Five - aeskyeo
Six - aesaes
Seven - aesppe
Eight - aesppo
Nine - aesryeo
Ten - ppus
Fifteen - ppus-aeskyeo
Twenty - ppe-ppus
Twenty-four - ppe-ppus-ryeo
Fifty - aeskyeo-ppus
One hundred - ttespo(hyeop)
Two hundred and forty-three - ppe-ttespo-ryeo-ppus-ppo
Some example sentences are shown below, using Hosul numbers:
Nos ppe-ppus-ppo lyeug-nohe-onke.
be.PRESPresent tense (tense)
current.TRANSTransitive (valency)
has two arguments twenty_three child-PLPlural (number)
more than one/few-ABSAbsolutive (case)
TRANS object, INTR argument
There are twenty-three children.
Yeu aesaes-ppus ho-on-jyoho yeosppo.
1SFirst person singular (person)
speaker, signer, etc.; I.ERGErgative (case)
TRANS subject; agent sixty PLPlural (number)
more than one/few-ABSAbsolutive (case)
TRANS object, INTR argument-car want.PRESPresent tense (tense)
current
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