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GRAMMAR OF THE KLAMATH LANGUAGE. 



like an adjective, and tlie adverbial series when not inflected. Tt can also 

 be used to express our ordinals, and instances of this use are mentioned 

 below, the numeral then being inflected like an adjective, and consequently 

 placed before tlu; noun which it qualifies. 



The short or ;q)ocopated form of tlie luuneral without the -ni represents 

 the cai'dinal only. It mostly serves for counting-, for rapid figuring, and 

 for forming compound numerals above ten, and is represented in the second 

 table. The distributive form in both tables corresponds to owv seven to each, 

 or seven t 'ones for each, and embodies the idea of severalty or apportionment. 



EXPLICIT FORMS OF TIIK NUMERALS UP TO TEN. 



