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grammar_numerals [2022/02/14 19:57] – morgoth | grammar_numerals [2023/09/29 12:11] (current) – [Forming of numbers greater than 10] morgoth | ||
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Numbers in Black Speech have no inflection in case or any other grammar form. However some case suffixes have special meaning (see below). They can be used alone without noun in place of subject or object. | Numbers in Black Speech have no inflection in case or any other grammar form. However some case suffixes have special meaning (see below). They can be used alone without noun in place of subject or object. | ||
- | Numerals precede nouns even in [[black_speech|Classical Black Speech]] ([[ring-verse|" | + | Numerals precede nouns even in [[black_speech|Classical Black Speech]] ([[ring-verse|" |
Nûrlâm uses decimal numeral system (10 as base) as in majority of real world and in Sindarin language. Quenya has duodecimal system (base 12), but there is no reason to copy this feature, archaic for Middle-Earth, | Nûrlâm uses decimal numeral system (10 as base) as in majority of real world and in Sindarin language. Quenya has duodecimal system (base 12), but there is no reason to copy this feature, archaic for Middle-Earth, | ||
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Numbers from 11 to 19 are formed as // | Numbers from 11 to 19 are formed as // | ||
- | ^ Number | + | ^ Number | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | |
- | ^ Black Speech | + | ^ Nûrlâm |
Multiples of ten are formed as < | Multiples of ten are formed as < | ||
- | ^ Number | + | ^ Number | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | |
- | ^ Black Speech | + | ^ Nûrlâm |
Hundreds are formed regularily as < | Hundreds are formed regularily as < | ||
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// | // | ||
- | //Subsets// are formed by putting the noun/ | + | //Subsets// are formed by putting the noun/ |
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