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Klingonska Akademien

A Quick Reference to Numbers in Klingon.

Basic Numbers
paghzerovaghfive
wa'onejavsix
cha'twoSochseven
wejthreechorgheight
loSfourHutnine
     

Number­Forming Elements
­maHten­netlhten thousand
­vatlhhundred­bIphundred thousand
­SaD/­SanIDthousand­'uy'million
 

The basic numbers 1-9 may take a number­forming element to form a higher number such as wa'vatlh ("one hundred") or cha'vatlh wejmaH loS ("two hundred thirty four"). When a number is used to modify a noun that noun does not have to take a plural suffix (it is never mandatory, and plurality in clearly indicated anyway). Numbers preceeding a noun it is used for counting (e.g. cha' Duj ["two vessels"]), numbers following is used for numbering (e.g. Duj cha' ["vessel number two"]). Numbers may also stand alone and serve as nouns in their own right (e.g wa' yIHoH ["Kill one (of them)!"]). [TKD pp.53-54]

Number Suffixes
­DIchordinal (follows the noun)i.e. "first", "second", "third" etc.
­loghrepetitions (becomes adverb)i.e. "once", "twice", "three times" etc.
 

When ­DIch is used it always follows the noun in modifies (e.g. Duj cha'DIch ["second vessel"]). ­logh turns the number into an adverb that is placed in front of the entire object-verb-subject construction (e.g wa'logh qalegh ["I saw you once."]), or be placed between the object and the verb if the object noun is topicalized with ­'e'. (ghaH'e' cha'logh Dabachpu' ["You shot him twice."]). [TKD pp.54-55,179-180]


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