Further Remarks on Numerals, the Relative Pronoun.
Numbers above one hundred are expressed as follows: One hundred and
one, is \{ih pak ling ih},/ and so on to \{ih pak ling °kyeu};/ then
the \{ling}/ is dropped, and we have \{ih pah zeh}/ (一百十), \{ih pak
zeh ih}, {ih pak zeh nyi°}, {ih pak zeh san},/ etc. \{Ling}/ really
means “in addition.”
The hundreds are expressed simply by \{nyi pak}/ (二百), “two
hundred,” \{san pak}/ (三百), “three hundred,” etc. “One thousand” is
\{ih tshien}/ (一千). In expressing “one hundred and one,” we say
\{ih pak ling ih}/ (一百零一). In expressing “one thousand and one,” we
say \{ih tshien ling ling ih}/.
“Ten thousand” is \{ih man°}/ (一萬). “One million” is \{ih pak man°}/
(一百萬). The ordinal numerals are expressed in Chinese by prefixing
\{di°}/ (第) before the cardinal. Thus “the first” is \{di° ih}/
(第一) or \{deu-ih}/ (頭一), “the second” \{di° nyi°}/ (第二), and so
forth.
\{°Soo}/ 所 (lit. a place) is often used as a relative pronoun. It
translates the English “who,” “which,” “what,” “that,” and “the
things which.” The clause it introduces usually comes before the
subject of the sentence. Thus “All which you do, I am able to do
also,” would be \{noong° °soo tsoo° kuh z°-°thi °ngoo °‘a nung-keu°
tsoo° kuh.}/ As has already been pointed out \{kuh}/ often has the
force of the relative.