Aratasa

Counting numbers

Yivrian has a decimal counting system. The numbers for one through ten are:

Yivrian	Gloss
ba	one
sim	two
ne	three
tu	four
kui	five
ve	six
fe	seven
gi	eight
ka	nine
sila	ten

For counting above ten, Yivrian puts together numbers from the smallest to the largest. Thus, “thirteen,” for example, is composed of ‘three’ plus ‘ten.’ This applies to all numbers larger than ten, except that the prefixed form for “one” when counting higher than ten is ai-. The number gi “eight” is also spelled gii- everywhere except when it is by itself. Thus, the numerals from eleven to twenty are:

Yivrian	Gloss
aisila	eleven
simsila	twelve
neisila	thirteen
tusila	fourteen
kuisila	fifteen
veisila	sixteen
feisila	seventeen
giisila	eighteen
kasila	nineteen
sinda	twenty

The multiples of ten are formed by suffixing -a to the counting form of the number. As shown above, the number for “twenty” is irregular. The multiples of ten up through 90 are:

Yivrian	Gloss
sila	ten
sinda	twenty
neya	thirty
tua	forty
kuya	fifty (also spelled kuya)
veya	sixty
feya	seventy
giya	eighty
kaa	ninety

The word for hundred is silota, and the multiples of one hundred are formed by adding the suffix -ota to the end of the counting form. Likewise, “thousand” is siluva, and the ending -uva is used for the higher multiples. Yivrian cannot count higher than the thousands using native words. Thus:

Hundreds	Thousands
silota hundred	siluva thousand
sindota two hundred	sinduva two thousand
neiota three hundred	neiuva three thousand
tuota four hundred	tu’uva four thousand
kuyota five hundred	kuyuva five thousand
veiota six hundred	veiuva six thousand
feiota seven hundred	feiuva seven thousand
giiota eight hundred	giiuva eight thousand
ka’ota nine hundred	kauva nine thousand

When applying these to nouns, the number forms are simply prefixed. When this happens, any other quantifier or determiner prefix is disallowed. The plural suffix must be used with any number higher than “one.” Examples:

Yivrian	Gloss
simkeihar	two hands
tuyindar	four people
feineiavyerdar	thirty-seven trees

Ordinals and fractions

Ordinals are generally formed by adding the adjectival suffix -il to the number. “First” and “second” are irregular:

Yivrian	Gloss
aisil	first
sindil	second
neyil	third
etc.

Fractions are not commonly used in Yivrian. When they are used, they are generally formed with the preposition na followed by the number in question, e.g. aras na tu “one fourth of the land.” To indicate multiples of a unit fraction, the multiple is placed first followed by na, followed by the fraction expression. Example: ne na aras na tu “three fourths of the land.” The exception is the number “half,” which is usually formed with the prefix sindi-, e.g. sindiaras “half of the land.”