FNLG 231 - Math Lesson Four: Counting by Tens and Counting Money
Numeral classifiers (Overview)
A number can be placed before a noun to make a noun phrase.
| 'apun lutem | | 'ten tables' |
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| yuse'lu shelh | | 'two doors' |
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| lhihw spe'uth | | 'three bears' |
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Some objects are counted by just using the simple number, as above. But other objects are counted using special classifier suffixes.
| lhihwus | | 'three round objects, dollars' |
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| lhihwuqun | | 'three containers' | |
| lhhwelu | | 'three people' | |
| lhuhwmat | | 'three groups, pieces' | |
There are over twenty lexical suffixes that are used as numeral classifiers.
Money
Use the lexical suffix for round things –as (–us).
| kw'inus | 'how many dollars?' |
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| nuts'us | 'one dollar' |
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| yusa'lus | 'two dollars' |
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| lhihwus | 'three dollars' |
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| xuthinus | 'four dollars' |
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| lhq'atssus | 'five dollars' |
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| t'xumus | 'six dollars' | |
| tth'a'kwsus | 'seven dollars' | |
| ta'tssus | 'eight dollars' | |
| toohwus | 'nine dollars' | |
| 'upanus | 'ten dollars' | |
| tskw'shas | 'twenty dollars' |
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Higher Numbers
To form the numbers 30–90, use the suffix –ulhshe'.
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| lhuhwulhshe' | 'thirty' | | lhuhwulhsha'us | '$30' |
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| xuthunlhshe' | 'forty' | | xuthunlhsha'us | '$40' |
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| lhq'utssulhshe' | 'fifty' | | lhq'utssulhsha'us | '$50' |
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| t'xumulhshe' | 'sixty' | | t'xumulhsha'us | '$60' |
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| tth'ukwsulhshe' | 'seventy' | | tth'ukwsulhsha'us | '$70' |
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| te'tssulhshe', tutssulhshe' | 'eighty' | | te'tssulhsha'us | '$80' |
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| toohwulhshe' | 'ninety' | | toohwulhsha'us | '$90' |
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| nets'uwuts | 'one hundred' | | nets'uwuts, nets'uwuts (telu) | '$100' |
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