142. The cardinal numerals for the tens, hundreds and thousands are
formed by prefixing "du", "tri", "kvar", etc., to "dek", ten, "cent",
hundred, and "mil", thousand, respectively.
Tens.
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dudek, twenty. sesdek, sixty.
tridek, thirty. sepdek, seventy.
kvardek, forty. okdek, eighty.
kvindek, fifty. nauxdek, ninety.
Hundreds. Thousands.
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ducent, two hundred. trimil, three thousand.
kvincent, five hundred. kvarmil, four thousand.
sepcent, seven hundred, etc. sesmil, six thousand, etc.
143. The cardinals between ten and twenty, twenty and thirty, etc., are
formed by placing "unu, du, tri", etc., after "dek, dudek, tridek", etc.
(Cf. "dek unu", eleven, "dek du", twelve, 136):
dek kvar = fourteen. tridek kvin = thirty-five.
dek naux = nineteen. sepdek ok = seventy-eight.
dudek tri = twenty-three. nauxdek ses = ninety-six, etc.
144. Cardinals containing more than two figures begin with the largest
number and descend regularly, as in English:
cent tridek kvin, one hundred and thirty-five.
kvarcent nauxdek sep, four hundred and ninety-seven.
sescent du, six hundred and two.
mil okdek, one thousand and eighty.
mil naucent dek du,
one thousand nine hundred and twelve
(nineteen hundred and twelve).