How many people? 1-12
Here we go back to the patterns we learned for counting people, bringing in the higher numbers we have now learned.
Pay special attention to te's- again being used with 6, 7, 8, 9, and the usual use of jel. Notice also that the ending you learned on its own as -sga'q comes out here as -sgeg-.
Dialog 1
Ta'sijig ji'nmug? |
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How many men are there? | |
Newte'jit. Newte'jit ji'nm. |
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One. One man. |
Dialog 2
Ta'sijig ji'nmug? |
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How many men are there? | |
Tapusijig. Tapusijig ji'nmug. |
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Two. Two men. |
Dialog 3
Ta'sijig ji'nmug? |
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How many men are there? | |
Ne'sisijig. Ne'sisijig ji'nmug. |
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Three. Three men. |
Dialog 4
Ta'sijig ji'nmug? |
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How many men are there? | |
Ne'wijig. Ne'wijig ji'nmug. |
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Four. Four men. |
Dialog 5
Ta'sijig ji'nmug? |
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How many men are there? | |
Na'nijig. Na'nijig ji'nmug. |
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Five. Five men. |
Dialog 6
Ta'sijig ji'nmug? |
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How many men are there? | |
Asugom te'sijig. Asugom te'sijig ji'nmug. |
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Six. There are six men. |
Dialog 7
Ta'sijig ji'nmug? |
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How many men are there? | |
Lluigneg te'sijig. Lluigneg te'sijig ji'nmug. |
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Seven. There are seven men. |
Dialog 8
Ta'sijig ji'nmug? |
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How many men are there? | |
Ugumuljin te'sijig. Ugumuljin te'sijig ji'nmug. |
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Eight. There are eight men. |
Dialog 9
Ta'sijig ji'nmug? |
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How many men are there? | |
Pesgunateg te'sijig. Pesgunateg te'sijig ji'nmug. |
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Nine. There are nine men. |
Dialog 10
Ta'sijig ji'nmug? |
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How many men are there? | |
Newtisgegsijig. Newtisgegsijig ji'nmug. |
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Ten. There are ten men. |
Dialog 11
Ta'sijig ji'nmug? |
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How many men are there? | |
Newtisgegsijig jel ta'pu. Newtisgegsijig jel ta'pu ji'nmug. |
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Twelve. There are twelve men. |