How to count in Pijin, an English-based creole language spoken in the Solomon Islands.
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Numeral | Cardinal | Ordinal |
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0 | siro | |
1 | wan, wanfala1 | mek wan, fas, fest wan, namba wan2 |
2 | tu, tufala | mek tu, sekon, namba tu |
3 | tri, trifala | mek tri, namba tri |
4 | foa, fo, foafala | mek foa, namba foa |
5 | faev, faevfala | mek faev, namba faev |
6 | siks, sikis, siksfala | mek siks, namba siks |
7 | seven, sevenfala | mek seven, namba seven |
8 | eit, eitfala | mek eit, namba eit |
9 | naen, naenfala | mek naen, namba naen |
10 | ten, tenfala | mek ten, namba ten |
11 | leven, ileven, levenfala | mek leven |
12 | tuel, tuelfala | mek tuel |
13 | tetin, tetinfala | mek tetin |
14 | fotin, fotinfala | mek fotin |
15 | fiftin, fiftinfala | mek fiftin |
16 | sikstin, sikstinfala | mek sikstin |
17 | seventin, seventinfala | mek seventin |
18 | eitin, eitinfala | mek eitin |
19 | naentin, naentinfala | mek naentin |
20 | tuenti, twenty, tuentifala | mek tuenti |
21 | tuenti wan | mek tuenti wan |
22 | tuenti tu | mek tuenti tu |
23 | tuenti tri | mek tuenti tri |
24 | tuenti foa | mek tuenti foa |
25 | tuenti faev | mek tuenti faev |
26 | tuenti siks | mek tuenti siks |
27 | tuenti seven | mek tuenti seven |
28 | tuenti eit | mek tuenti eit |
29 | tuenti naen | mek tuenti naen |
30 | teti, tetifala | mek teti |
40 | foti, fotifala | mek foti |
50 | fifti, fiftifala | mek fifti |
60 | siksti, sikstifala | mek siksti |
70 | seventi, seventifala | mek seventi |
80 | eiti, eitifala | mek eiti |
90 | naenti, naentifala | mek naenti |
100 | handred, wan handret, handredfala | mek handred |
200 | tu handred | mek tu handred |
300 | tri handred | mek tri handred |
400 | foa handred | mek foa handred |
500 | faev handred | mek faev handred |
600 | siks handred | mek siks handred |
700 | seven handred | mek seven handred |
800 | eit handred | mek eit handred |
900 | naen handred | mek naen handred |
1,000 | taosen, taosenfala | mek taosen |
1,000,000 | million, milionfala | mek milion |
once | wan taem, wanfala taem | |
twice | tu taem, tufala taem | |
three times | tri taem, trifala taems |
Sources:
- G. Beimer: A Grammar of Solomon Islands Pijin.
- Tok Pijin. A Quick Guide to Talking Pijin. 2011.
Information provided by Wolfgang Kuhl
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