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127664Hand-book of Volapük — 61887Charles E. Sprague

NUMBERS

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The simple form is the singular number.

The plural number always ends in s.

Man, a man ; plural, mans, men. (Man may also be translated, the man, or simply, man. The articles an, a, and the are always omitted.) Vom, the woman ; voms, the women. Ob, I ; obs, we. Om, he ; oms, they.

Ol, thou or you ; ols, ye or you. In English, you is sometimes singular and sometimes plural. In addressing one person, ol should be used ; while ols is used for two or more.

The numerals are always placed after the thing numbered.

Man bal, one man. Mans tel, two men, Voms kil, three women.

The first nine numerals end in l, preceded by the vowels in regular order.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
bal tel kil fol lul mäl vel jöl zül

The tens are formed by adding s.

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
bals tels kils fols luls mäls vels jöls züls

Numbers composed of tens and units unite the two parts by ,e', and, balsebal, 11 ; balsetel, twelve ; telsebal, 21

lulsevel, 57 ; zülsezül, 99.

Tum, hundred ; mil, thousand ; balion, million

these are preceded by one of the digits. Baltum, 100 ; teltum,

200. Kilmil, 3000 ; folmil foltum, 4400 ; lulmil lultum lulselul, 5555.