How to count in Sranan, an English-based creole language spoken mainly in Suriname.
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Numeral | Cardinal | Ordinal |
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1 | wan | fosi |
2 | tu | di fu tu |
3 | dri | di fu dri |
4 | fo | di fu fo |
5 | feifi | di fu feifi |
6 | siksi | di fu siksi |
7 | seibi | di fu seibi |
8 | aiti | di fu aiti |
9 | neigi | di fu neigi |
10 | tin | di fu tin |
11 | erfu | di fu erfu |
12 | twarfu | di fu twarfu |
13 | tin-na-dri | di fu tin-na-dri |
14 | tin-na-fo | di fu tin-na-fo |
15 | tin-na-feifi | di fu tin-na-feifi |
16 | tin-na-siksi | di fu tin-na-siksi |
17 | tin-na-seibi | di fu tin-na-seibi |
18 | tin-na-aiti | di fu tin-na-aiti |
19 | tin-na-neigi | di fu tin-na-neigi |
20 | tutenti, twenti | di fu tutenti |
21 | tutenti-na-wan | di fu tutenti-na-wan |
22 | tutenti-na-tu | di fu tutenti-na-tu |
23 | tutenti-na-dri | di fu tutenti-na-dri |
24 | tutenti-na-fo | di fu tutenti-na-fo |
25 | tutenti-na-feifi | di fu tutenti-na-feifi |
26 | tutenti-na-siksi | di fu tutenti-na-siksi |
27 | tutenti-na-seibi | di fu tutenti-na-seibi |
28 | tutenti-na-aiti | di fu tutenti-na-aiti |
29 | tutenti-na-neigi | di fu tutenti-na-neigi |
30 | dritenti | di fu dritenti |
40 | fotenti | di fu fotenti |
50 | feifitenti | di fu feifitenti |
60 | siksitenti | di fu siksitenti |
70 | seibitenti | di fu seibitenti |
80 | aititenti | di fu aititenti |
90 | neigitenti | di fu neigitenti |
100 | hondro | di fu hondro |
101 | wan hondro nanga wan | |
102 | wan hondro nanga tu | |
110 | wan hondro nanga tin | |
111 | wan hondro nanga erfu | |
112 | wan hondro nanga twarfu | |
113 | wan hondro nanga tin-na-tri | |
114 | wan hondro nanga tin-na-fo | |
200 | tu hondro | |
300 | dri hondro | |
400 | fo hondro | |
500 | feifi hondro | |
600 | siksi hondro | |
700 | seibi hondro | |
800 | aiti hondro | |
900 | neigi hondro | |
1,000 | dusun | |
2,000 | tu dusun | |
3,000 | dri dusun | |
4,000 | fo dusun | |
5,000 | feifi dusun | |
6,000 | siksi dusun | |
7,000 | seibi dusun | |
8,000 | aiti dusun | |
9,000 | neigi dusun | |
10,000 | tin dusun | |
1,000,000 | wan milyun |
Sources:
- Rafael da Silva Oliveira, José Paulo Ribeiro: Wortubuku Sranantongo para Brasileiros. Brasília 2011.
- John Wilner: Wortubuku fu Sranan Tongo, SIL 2007.
- http://www.languagesandnumbers.com/how-to-count-in-sranan-tongo/en/srn/
Information provided by Wolfgang Kuhl
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