NUMERALS.

54, 55, 57. The native having counted to ten, says ten and one on it,

etc., and at twenty says one man, sei dóhme, for the reason of that

being his full number of fingers and toes: for forty he says, two

men, got dóhme, and so on to a hundred, marqui dóhme. After twenty the

count is the same as with the ten, twenty and one on it, etc. These

numerals have also their inflections:

1, sei, once, ses, 6, vusani, six times, vusanis,

2, godum, twice, gos, 7, seniovusáni, seven times, seniovusánis,

3, veidum, thrice, veis, 8, gos návoi, eight times, gos návos,

4, nauoi, four times, návos, 9, vesmácoi, nine times, vesmácois,

5, marqui, five times, marquis, 10, macoi, ten times, mácois.

The word _Already_, de, is thus added:

Gósade, Márquisade, Gosnavosade,

Veisade, Vusánisade, Vesmácoisade,

Navósade, Seniovusánisade, Mácoisade.

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