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0	zero	diecz	vînti	trinta	paranta	cimbanta	sissanta	setanta	utanta	nonanta
1	ún	unge	vint-et-ún	trint-et-ún	parant-et-ún	cimbant-et-ún	sissant-et-ún	setant-et-ún	utant-et-ún	nonant-et-ún
2	dos	duoge	vinti-dos	trinta-dos	paranta-dos	cimbanta-dos	sissanta-dos	setanta-dos	utanta-dos	nonanta-dos
3	tres	trege	vinti-tres	trinta-tres	paranta-tres	cimbanta-tres	sissanta-tres	setanta-tres	utanta-tres	nonanta-tres
4	patre	patuorge	vinti-patre	trinta-patre	paranta-patre	cimbanta-patre	sissanta-patre	setanta-patre	utanta-patre	nonanta-patre
5	cinc	quinge	vinti-cinc	trinta-cinc	paranta-cinc	cimbanta-cinc	sissanta-cinc	setanta-cinc	utanta-cinc	nonanta-cinc
6	seis	sege	vinti-seis	trinta-seis	paranta-seis	cimbanta-seis	sissanta-seis	setanta-seis	utanta-seis	nonanta-seis
7	siet	decessiet	vinti-siet	trinta-siet	paranta-siet	cimbanta-siet	sissanta-siet	setanta-siet	utanta-siet	nonanta-siet
8	oit	deczoit	vint-et-oit	trint-et-oit	parant-et-oit	cimbant-et-oit	sissant-et-oit	setant-et-oit	utant-et-oit	nonant-et-oit
9	nuov	decenuov	vinti-nuov	trinta-nuov	paranta-nuov	cimbanta-nuov	sissanta-nuov	setanta-nuov	utanta-nuov	nonanta-nuov

Larger numbers are based on cint (100), mill (1,000), millión (1,000,000), milliarde (1,000,000,000) and so on.

Spaces are put between each number word, except between the tens and ones, when a hyphen is used. (e.g. dos cint sissanta-siet [267])
Pay attention to "vînti", which is written with a circumflex when it appears unmodified, to differentiate it from "vinti" (I won). But when it is followed by a hyphen, the circumflex is dropped.
An epenthetic et is inserted before ún and oit. It is pronounced like a normal et: /ɛ‿ɾ/.
Numbers ending in -illión, -illiarde are treated as nouns - 3rd declension and 1st declension respectively - when they are exact. They are followed by de and a plural noun. e.g. "un millión de piedras" (a million rocks), but "millión unas piedras" (a million and one rocks)
Most numbers are invariable as nouns, but a few decline when used as adjectives.

Ún and dos agree with the noun they modify in gender and case, ún's forms being identical to those of the indefinite article, un. Dos' forms are: NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument.MASCMasculine (gender)
masculine or male - dos, NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument.FEMFeminine (gender)
feminine or female - düas, OBLOblique (argument)
indirect or demoted object.MASCMasculine (gender)
masculine or male - dus, OBLOblique (argument)
indirect or demoted object.FEMFeminine (gender)
feminine or female - dus
Mill agrees with the modified noun in case, but marks its own plurality. No other Silvish word has this mixture of adjectival and nominal traits. Here are the declined forms with dos and piedra: SGSingular (number)
one countable entity.NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument - mill piedras, SGSingular (number)
one countable entity.OBLOblique (argument)
indirect or demoted object - milli piedris, PLPlural (number)
more than one/few.NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument - düas migla piedras, PLPlural (number)
more than one/few.OBLOblique (argument)
indirect or demoted object - dois migl piedris

[edit] [top]Nombres Ordinals - Ordinal Numbers

Numbers 1-19 have special forms that are used whenever they end a composed number (e.g. vinti-scond [22nd], not *vinti-dosens). Other ordinals are made by removing the final vowel from the cardinal form and adding -ens (F: -esma). e.g. vinti > vintens (twenty > twentieth).

1st	prim
2nd	scond
3rd	tiercz
4th	part
5th	quint
6th	seist
7th	siem
8th	oitav
9th	nôn
10th	diem
11th	undiem
12th	dodiem
13th	trediem
14th	patordiem
15th	quindiem
16th	sediem
17th	decessiem
18th	deczoitav
19th	decenôn

The ordinal numbers are used as adjectives and as fractions.
As adjectives, ordinals agree in gender, number and case with the noun they modify.
There is disagreement over whether to keep or delete the epenthetic et that appears in the cardinals ending in ún and oit. Removing it (e.g. vint-prim, vint-oitav) is generally formal, while maintaining it (e.g. vint-e-prim, vint-et-oitav) is usually informal.
All ordinals can be abbreviated to a number plus a superscript <o> (e.g. 1^o, 2^o, 3^o, etc.). The ^o is treated like an adjectival ending that declines for gender, number and case (e.g. "la 3^a piedra" [the third rock]).

A more formal abbreviation pattern uses Roman numerals, again with the declining ^o (e.g. "lo XXI^o síecol" [the twenty-first century]).

[edit] [top]Nombres Aproissimaz - Approximate Numbers

There is a set of numbers similar to English "dozen". They normally translate as "about [number]". Theoretically, any number can have an approximate form, but the most common ones are listed below.

about 10	decena
about 12	dogena
about 20	vintena
about 30	trintena
about 40	parantena
about 50	quimbantena
about 100	centena
about 1,000	millena

These are regular nouns, and they are followed by de and then a plural noun. e.g. "una vintena de piedras" (about twenty rocks).

[edit] [top]Aritmetia - Arithmetic

Fractions
As stated, the ordinals are used for fractions, but there are also two non-numeric words used in fractions: tod (whole) and miege (half).

Operations

Dar means "equals". It always takes the singular. "Dos dá dos" (Two equals two)
Mais is used for addition. "Dos mais dos dá patre" (Two plus two equals four)
Mens is used for subtraction. "Patre mens dos dá dos" (Four minus two equals two)
Per is used for multiplication. "Tres per siet dá vint-et-ún" (Three times seven equals twenty-one)
En is used for division. "Vint-et-ún en tres dá siet" (Twenty-one divided by three equals seven)

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