Adyga. Humour:Tcherkesse France:circassien:caucase:Kabardina, adyghé, adighé, tcherkess, cherkess,cherkass, cerkez, circassian

- Lesson VIII. Numbers

Circassian Language Numberings are formed from the names of the numbers:

1	зы	one
2	тIу	two
3	щы	three
4	плIы	four
5	тфы	five
6	хы	six
7	блы	seven
8	и	eight
9	бгъу	nine
10	пшIы	ten
20	тоIкы	twenty
30	щэкIы	thirty
100	шъэ	one hundred
1000	мин	thousand

From these are formed:

II пшIыкIузы eleven

I2 пшIыкIутIу twelve

I3 пшIыкIущы thirteen

I4 пшIыкIуплIы fourteen

I5 пшIыкIутфы fifteen

I6 пшIыкIухы sixteen

I7 пшIыкIублы seventeen

I8 пшIыкIуи eighteen

I9 пшIыкIубгъу nineteen

2I тIоIкырэ зырэ twenty-one

22 тIоIкырэ тIурэ twenty two

23 тIоIкырэ щырэ twenty three

24 тIоIкырэ плIырэ twenty four …

3I щэкIырэ зырэ thirty one

32 щэкIырэ тIурэ thirty two

33 щэкIырэ щырэ thirty three

34 щэкIырэ плIырэ thirty four …

40 тIокIитIу fourty

4I тIокIитIурэ зырэ fourty one

42 тIокIитIурэ тIурэ fourty two

43 тIокIитIурэ щырэ fourty three

44 тIокIитIурэ плIырэ fourty four....

50 шъэнэкъо fifty [hundred- half]

5I шъэнкъэрэ зырэ fifty one

52 шъэнкъэрэ тIурэ fifty two

60 токIищ sixty [three twenties]

6I тIокIищырэ зырэ sixty one

62 тIокIищырэ тIурэ sixty two

70 тIокIищырэ пшIырэ seventy [sixty ten]

7I тIокIищырэ пшIыкIузырэ seventy one [sixty eleven]

72 тIокIищырэ пшIыкIутIурэ

80 токIиплI eighty [four twenties]

8I токIиплIырэ зырэ eighty one

82 токIиплIырэ тIурэ eighty two

90 токIиплIырэ пшIырэ ninety [eighty ten]

9I токIиплIырэ пшIыкIузырэ ninety one [eighty eleven]

92 токIиплIырэ пшIыкIутIурэ ninety two [eighty twelve]

I0I шъэрэ зырэ one hundred one

I02 шъэрэ тIурэ one hundred two

………..

200 шъитIу two hundred [two hundreds]

20I шъитIурэ зырэ two hundred one

202 шъитIурэ тIурэ two hundred two and etc.

300 шъищ three hundred [three hundreds] and etc.

400 шъиплI four hundred [four hundreds] and etc.

500 шъитф five hundred [five сотен] and etc.

2000 минитIу two thousand

3000 минищ three thousand and etc.

At indication of number all the numbers except зы (one) are posited after the defined noun:

Зы кIалэ - One boy

КIалитIу - two boys

Зы мафэ - one day

МафитIу - two days

Мафищы (мафищ) - three days

Ordinal Numbers:

Exept апэрэ (first) are formed by prefix я- and suffix – нэрэ

Апэрэ мафэ - First day

ЯтIонэрэ мафэ - second day

ЯтIонэрэ цуакъо - second shoe

Яхэнэрэ классым щэгъэжьагъэу тутын сешъо~I have been smoking since the sixth class

Discrete numbers:

Are formed by changing the last vowel ~ы of number to ~э:

О плIэ кIыосIуагъах - I told you four times already. [You for-times once-you-I-told-already]

Number can also define measure of a share:

Numbers "one" and "two" are formed by words псау (whole, whole), ренэ (whole, whole about length of time), ныкъо (the half).

Тхьаумафэ псаум ащ Iоф ышIагъэп – He did not work the whole week.

Чэщ ренэм тигъэчIыерэп - He did not give us to sleep whole night.

For all other events, by suffix - нэ:

щы – three

щанэ - one third;

плIы - four,

плIанэ - quarter

Хатэм изыщанэ помидор хэдгъэтIыцсхагъ - third part of vegetable garden we used for the tomatoes.

Ахщэ къыратыгъэм ыпIланэ чыфэ ритыгъ – The quarter of the money he received, he lend. [Money once-him-give-was it-quarter in-debt him-gave]

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- Lesson VIII. Numbers