1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 100 1000
All other numbers by compounding these 12 elements :
isun isdu istre isqar isqin issit issep isot isnon duis duisun duisdu
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
duistre treis qaris qinis sitis sitissit otis nonis nonisnon ekun
23 30 40 50 60 66 80 90 99 101
ekdu ekis duek treek qinek siteksitissit otek milun milis milekisun
102 110 200 300 500 666 800 1001 1010 1111
dumil tremil otmil treismil otismil duekmil qinekmil
2000 3000 8000 30000 80000 200000 500000
sitekmil siteksitissit milyon tremil sepekqaristre
600666 million 3743
qinmil noneksitistre qareksitmil noneksitissit
5963 406966
qarissit milyon(os) sepeknonistremil siteksitis frankos:46.793.660 francs.
Tokyo ar с is miIyon( os) abiteros: Tokyo has ab. ten million inhabitants (c — cir) (ab. «= about)
SUFFIXES. Ordinals : -a. Una (prima) first; une (prime) flrst(ly); dua, due 2nd, -ly ; trea third ; qara fourth; qina 5th; sita 6th; isa tenth; isdua twelfth; duisa twentieth; duisnona 29 th; qinisa 50th; eka 100th; mila 1000th.
Multiples : -pi. Dipla, -e double, doubly; tripla, -e triple, trebly; qaripla fourfold; isipla tenfold; isipli to decuple; ekipla centuple; ekipli to —.
Fractions : -im. Duim, dim half; trim l/3rd; qarim l/4th; isim l/10th; qinisim l/50th; ekim l/100th; iiiilim l/1000th; milyonim one millionth.
Frequency : -yes. Unyes once; duyes twice; qinyes five times ; isyes ten times ; ekyes 100 times ; milyes a thousand times.
Order, class : Primala primary ; duala secondary ; isala ranking tenth.
Collective : -o. Isos tens; isduo dozen; ekos hundreds; milos thousands.
Grouping : -ope. Unope one by one; duope two by two; isope in groups of ten; ekope by hundreds; milope by thousands.
Ordinals are needed for :
Isqara Seklo (14a seklo) fourteenth century ; Duisa Seklo (20a seklo) twentieth century.
Ordinals are not needed for :
Elizabet DU (du, 2, II) Elisabeth II;
Jan Duistre (Duistre, 23, XXIII) John XXIII.
ARITHMETIC. Basic Rules :
Adis addition; sotrak subtraction; multiplo multiplication; divid division.
2+2=4 da plu du far qar
4 — 1=3 qar min un far tre
3x3=9 tre yes tre far non
8:2=4 ot pe du farAqar.
Big Numbers :
milyon million (1.000.000 or 106)
milyard milliard (U.S. “billion”) 1.000.000.000 or 109)
bilyon billion (U.S. one thousand billions) 1.000.000.000.000 or 1012
trilyon trillion (one million european billions) (1018)
qarilyon quadrillion (1024)
qinilyon’ quintillion (1030)
Powers :
62 : sit duposa (6/2ps) 83 : ot treposa (8/3ps) 1012 : is isduposa (10/12ps) 1024 : is duisqarposa (10/24ps).
Roots : 2,
^/16 : duradik de 16 (2rk/16)
y^27 : treradik de 27 (3rk/27)
y^256 : qarradik de 256 (4rk/256).
Weights and Measures :
g gram m metro 1
dag dekagram dam dekametro dal
hg hektogram hm hektometro hi
kg kilogram km kilometro dl
dg decigram dm decimetro cl
eg centigram cm centimetro Q
rag miligram mm millimetro Tn
inco : inch; ped : foot; pundo : pound ; milyo
knot; galonyo : gallon ; lumanyo : light-year
parsec (3,26 light-years); megaparsek
Numbers Sit (6), Is (10) and Ek (100).
We long reflected before adopting these three terms instead of the more international ones six, dek and cent, which first naturally came to our mind. Our option was dictated by reasons of clearness and euphony.
These examples show that six often causes ugly alliterations; is and ek, brief and clear and beginning with a vowel, compound themselves much more harmoniously than dek and cent with other numbers preceding them. Neo numbers are those wanted by our age of radio and telephone.
An expert’s opinion :
Here is the opinion of Mr. F. J. Kriiger, Interlinguistics Counsellor of Amsterdam University’s Library, prominent polyglot, who has a wide knowledge of all major constructed languages, and also of a great number of natural, living or dead, languages :
“Never, in whichever language, have I met numbers that sound as clearly and as harmoniously as Neo numbers.”
SHORT VOCABULARY : num number; numa numeral, numerical; nume numerically; numi to number; numazo numbering; numado, numio numeration ; numoza numerous ; numoze numerously ; numozo numerousness ; numon big number, great number; sennuma numberless ; sennume numberlessly; mul many; mulunos many people; mulo a good quantity ; mule greatly ; рок few ; pokunos a few people ; poko a little quantity ; epe a little ; epete a little bit; epetet a quite little bit.
qanto quantity; qanta quantitative (also : “quanta”); qanti to quantify ; qal quality ; qala qualitative ; qali, qalifi to qualify ; qalazo qualification; qalifa qualifying, qualificative; qalat qualified.
zer(o) zero, nought; nilo nothing; nix nothing at all, naught; nil… no …; nili to annihilate; nilazo annihilation; nula worthless; nule in no way.
adisi to add up ; sotraki to substract; multipli to multiply ; multiple multiplication; multiplal multiplication table; multiplenda multiplicand ; multipler multiplier; multipleso multiplicity; multiplibla multipliable; divid division; dividi to divide; dividibla divisible; dividibleso divisibility; dividend dividend; divizyon division (mil).
matemat, -a, -e mathematics, -ical, -ically; -ist mathematician; aritmetio, -meta, -metist arithmetic, -ical, -etician; geometrio, -metra, -metrist geometry, -ical, -ician; algebro, -a, -ist algebra, -aic, -aist; eqasyon equation; senendima infinitesimal; deflma differential; kalkul calculation; kalkuli to calculate; kalkulil, kalkulingo calculating machine; adisil, adisingo adding machine; kont account; konti to count, to reckon; standel balance (of account).
For DATES у the day’s number is generally put before the month : an janar January first; isqin novem November 15th; treisun decern December 31st.; ka dato oje ? what is to-day’s date ?; ka id del mes oje ? what day of the month is it to-day ?; ka id del vek oje ? what day of the week is it to-day ? da un a isqin yul from the 1st to the 15th of July; mi nasir Je duisnon febrar I was born on February 29th.
EXERCISE
Ke vur tu fi oje ? What would you like to do to-day ?
Mi shar gi shel librer e kofi tre I must go to the bookseller’s and buy
libros. three books.
Ar tu suf dengo ? Have you enough money ?
Mi ar duek qinis frankos. I have 250 francs.
Shak libro kostar sepis frankos. Each book costs seventy francs.
Los tre kostor donk duekis frankos. The three will then cost 210 francs.
Ve restor qaris frankos. You will have 40 francs left.
Lo duistre mars nos or un bel On March 23, we will have a fine
koncert. concert.
Ka lo presyo del plasos ? What is the price of the seats ?
Mi no spar; lastyes nos pagir ek I don’t know; last time we paid
qinis frankos lo plas. 150 francs a seat.
Ke for tu krasmatin ?
Mi sperar gi kinye kon ma frat.
Kom gar ta filyo ?
II studar jus universitye e laborar
muy ben. Ma matro me dar un libro. Ta dom me plar mul. Vur vu veni ne vidi etser ?
Mi vur, mo no par; mi no frida.
Te miru nel spek : ta vizo lura.
Sar un inka flek. Kom fir tu it ? Mi no spar; forse dun mi skribir et
brif a ma matro. Cu tu vidinda Piv ki flir tan vit ?
Vo tir tu lo lapos ke mi te dir ?
Mi ze tir ik, mo nun mi no par ze tri.
Aponu ta mant, nos arivonda.
Pardonu, Madam, ve fir mi mal ?
No dey, vu me fir nil mal.
Mi no ir vidat vu sir ik. Mi duyesir Fransye. Mi ik primyese.
Kanyes gir vu kinye van vu Londonye ?
Mi ye sir plulyes.
Unyes mi ye inkontrir va gefratos.
Dim d’et fortun te pertenar. Ka ma standel, pli ?
Mesense vu ir otek qinis £; vu ritirir treek issit; nun vu ar qinek treisqar £. Ekos perar shakmes in rutaxidentos.
Et gran grek filosof vivir yo milanyos.