Numbers 1-10

In this chapter, we are going to cover something simple, but necessary: the numbers 1–10.

I’ll give you the following:

• 1-10
• some commentary on variation, etc.
• information on the basics of using numbers in noun phrases (e.g., “two houses” in English)

Numbers 1-10

Use with nouns

Using these numbers with nouns is very straightforward. You simply place the number after the noun. For instance:

adamaden + saba
human being + three

‘three human beings’

Or:

kalo + kɔnɔntɔn
month/moon + nine

‘nine months’

Note that in neither case did I need to make adamaden or kalo plural; the number next to the noun is enough to signal that there’s multiple of them.

And yes, it’s true that we haven’t covered pluralization yet—we will in "Plurals"!