Hoffman.] 



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Ordinals. 



si'-wet 



acht 



nalnt 



tse'-et 



elft 



tswelft 



drai'tset 



far'-tset 



fuf-tset 



sech'tset 



si'-wa-tset 



ach^-tset 



nain'tset 



tswan'-sisht 



en'-un-tswan' sisht 



drai'-sisht 



fart'-sisht 



fuf'-sisht 



secht'-sisht 



si'wet-sisht 



acht-sisht 



nain'-sisht 



hun'-ertsht 



hun^ert un arsht 



hun'ert un tswet 



tswe hun'ertsht 



dau sentsht 



In the preceding, the Ordinal numbers from twenty to ninety are 

 recorded as they are most frequently pronounced ; though upon 

 closer examination the sounds given are usually a little more difficult for 

 one to acquire. They consist of the syllable sht being added to the car- 

 dinal number, making, for example, tswau'-sich -|- sht, drai'-sich -f- sht, 

 and should be written tswan'sichsht, drai'-sichsht, to represent the com- 

 plete form, instead of the final syllable sisht. 



Distributive numerals are formed by coupling cardinals by the conjunc- 

 tion und (= un or 'n), as tswe un tswe, two and two, etc. 



Multiplicative numerals are those having f&c\\, fold, as a suffix to the 

 cardinals, as e^'fach, onefold, single ; drai'fach, threefold. 



Variative numerals have the suffix lai or le (sort or kind) added to the 

 cardinals, and for the sake of euphony, or preceding that suffix, as, 

 e'ner-le', of one kind; drai'er-le', of three kinds. 



Adverbial numerals are formed by adding the suffix mol or mols to car- 

 dinals and indefinite numerals, as e'"-mol, 07ie time, or once ; si'-wa-mol, 

 ; times ; ye'der-mol, each time ; fil'-iiiols, many times, or often. 



