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| | ===Interrogative pronouns=== |
| This page gives an extensive description of '''Memniq morphological''' features.
| | Basic interrogative pronouns display two different roots: |
| ==Numerals== | |
| The numeral system relies on a mixed system of decimal base and a vigesimal base.
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| The first ten cardinal numbers are noun-like forms on their own:
| | *<small>''quality'':</small> '''ṫjejm-''' |
| | *<small>''quantity'':</small> '''sjowp-''' |
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| | When taking a noun role, the root is usually expanded by the nominal suffix '''-e-'''. |
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| | style="width: 40px;"| <center><small>''digit''</small></center> || <center><small>''full form''</small></center>
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| | <center>''1'':</center> || țe̥ʔu
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| | <center>''2'':</center> || iʔẙq
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| | <center>''3'':</center> || emqi̥
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| | <center>''4'':</center> || anḁ̈ŕ
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| | <center>''5'':</center> || fḁ̈nu
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| | <center>''6'':</center> || yťŕḁ̈
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| | <center>''7'':</center> || iħśü̥
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| | <center>''8'':</center> || ʔe̥ći
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| | <center>''9'':</center> || ḁtjö
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| | <center>''10'':</center> || po̥ʔi
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| Numerals from 11 to 17 are built with the construction po̥ʔi + NUM:
| | '''ṫjejm-''' → '''ṫjejm-''' + '''-e-''' → '''ṫjejme''' |
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| | <small>''interr.'' → ''what?, who?''</small> |
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| | style="width: 40px;"| <center><small>''digit''</small></center> || <center><small>''full form''</small></center>
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| | <center>''11'':</center> || poʔițe̥ʔu
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| | <center>''12'':</center> || poʔiʔẙq
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| | <center>''13'':</center> || poʔemqi̥
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| | <center>''14'':</center> || poʔanḁ̈ŕ
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| | <center>''15'':</center> || poʔyťŕḁ̈
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| | <center>''16'':</center> || poʔifḁ̈nu
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| | <center>''16'':</center> || poʔiħśü̥
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| As it can be seen, if the numeral begins with a vowel, the final vowel of po̥ʔi is dropped.
| | When taking an adjective role, the root is usually expanded by the adjectival suffix '''-i-'''. |
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| Numerals 18 and 19 are irregularly built from the numeral 20:
| | '''ṫjejm-''' → '''ṫjejm-''' + '''-i-''' → '''ṫjejmi''' |
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| | <small>''interr.'' → ''which?''</small> |
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| | style="width: 40px;"| <center><small>''digit''</small></center> || <center><small>''full form''</small></center>
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| | <center>''18'':</center> || iʔquʔḁ̥tru
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| | <center>''19'':</center> || țeʔuʔḁtru
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| The numerals for 20 is a noun-like form on their own:
| | As pronouns, these forms display a complete declension, in which the case forms according to the animacy of the referred noun. |
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| | style="width: 40px;"| <center><small>''digit''</small></center> || <center><small>''full form''</small></center> | | | || colspan="2" | <center>''who? / what?''</center> || colspan="2" | <center>''how much? / how many?''</center> |
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| | <center>''20'':</center> || ʔḁtru | | | style="width: 100px;"| || style="width: 100px;"|<center><small>''singular''</small></center> || style="width: 100px;"|<center><small>''plural''</small></center> || style="width: 100px;"|<center><small>''singular''</small></center> || style="width: 100px;"|<center><small>''plural''</small></center> |
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| Numerals for 30, 50, 70 and 90 are built with the construction i̥pʔa + NUM:
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| | style="width: 40px;"| <center><small>''digit''</small></center> || <center><small>''full form''</small></center>
| | | <center><small>''ergative''</small></center> || '''ṫjejmek̇ə''' || '''ṫjejmejk̇ə''' || '''sjowpek̇ə''' || '''sjowpejk̇ə''' |
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| | <center>''30'':</center> || ipʔemqi̥ | | | <center><small>''absolutive''</small></center> || '''ṫjejme''' || '''ṫjejmej''' || '''sjowpe''' || '''sjowpej''' |
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| | <center>''50'':</center> || ipʔafḁ̈nu | | | <center><small>''possessive''</small></center> || '''ṫjejmeṗu''' || '''ṫjejmejṗu''' || '''sjowpeṗu''' || '''sjowpejṗu''' |
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| | <center>''70'':</center> || ipʔiħśü̥ | | | <center><small>''terminative''</small></center> || '''ṫjejmeʈu''' || '''ṫjejmejʈu''' || '''sjowpeʈu''' || '''sjowpejʈu''' |
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| | <center>''90'':</center> || ipʔḁtjö | | | <center><small>''ablative''</small></center> || '''ṫjejmeʡo''' || '''ṫjejmejʡo''' || '''sjowpeʡo''' || '''sjowpejʡo''' |
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| As it can be seen, if the numeral begins with a vowel, the final vowel of i̥pʔa is dropped.
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| Numerals for 40, 60 and 80 are built with the construction ʔtḁr + 2 / 3 / 4:
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| | style="width: 40px;"| <center><small>''digit''</small></center> || <center><small>''full form''</small></center>
| | | <center><small>''causative''</small></center> || '''ṫjejmeno''' || '''ṫjejmejno''' || '''sjowpeno''' || '''sjowpejno''' |
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| | <center>''46'':</center> || ʔtariʔẙq | | | <center><small>''benefactive''</small></center> || '''ṫjejmepə''' || '''ṫjejmejpə''' || '''sjowpepə''' || '''sjowpejpə''' |
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| | <center>''60'':</center> || ʔtaremqi̥ | | | <center><small>''instrumental''</small></center> || '''ṫjejmema''' || '''ṫjejmejma''' || '''sjowpema''' || '''sjowpejma''' |
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| | <center>''80'':</center> || ʔtaranḁ̈ŕ | | | <center><small>''locative''</small></center> || '''ṫjejmewa''' || '''ṫjejmejwa''' || '''sjowpewa''' || '''sjowpejwa''' |
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| The numerals for ''(one) hundred'' and ''(one) thousand'' are noun-like forms on their own: | | The quality root can refer freely to either animate or inanimate entities. A distinction of animacy can be inferred by the context or by choice of case forms. However, some declined forms can acquire new interrogative meanings depending on the selected case: |
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| | <center>''100'':</center> || u̥ncu
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| | <center>''1000'':</center> || ëțnẙt
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| The numerals for the multiples of hundreds and thousands are built with the construction no̥cu / țnë̥to + NUM:
| | * '''ṫjejmewa''': where (<small>static location</small>) |
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| | * '''ṫjejmeʈu''': where (<small>motion toward</small>) |
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| | * '''ṫjejmeno ''': why (<small>cause</small>) |
| | style="width: 40px;"| <center><small></small></center> || style="width: 130px;"| <center><small>''hundreds''</small></center> || style="width: 130px;"| <center><small>''thousands''</small></center>
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| | <center><small>''2x'':</small></center> || nociʔẙq || țnëtiʔẙq
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| | <center><small>''3x'':</small></center> || nocemqi̥ || țnëtemqi̥
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| | <center><small>''4x'':</small></center> || nocanḁ̈ŕ || țnëtanḁ̈ŕ
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| | <center><small>''5x'':</small></center> || nocufḁ̈nu || țnëtofḁ̈nu
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| | <center><small>''6x'':</small></center> || nocyťŕḁ̈ || țnëtyťŕḁ̈
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| | <center><small>''7x'':</small></center> || nociħśü̥ || țnëtiħśü̥
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| | <center><small>''8x'':</small></center> || nocuʔe̥ći || țnëtoʔe̥ći
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| | <center><small>''9x'':</small></center> || nocḁtjö || țnëtḁtjö
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| As it can be seen, if the numeral begins with a vowel, the final vowels of no̥cu and țnë̥to are dropped.
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| The numeral for “million” is a loanword. Numbers above the millions have no name and are specified by the lesser numerals.
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| | style="width: 100px;"| <center><small>''digit''</small></center> || <center><small>''noun form''</small></center>
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| | <center>''1,000,000'':</center> || t́ənt
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| This form is treated as a regularly declinable noun:
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| | style="width: 100px;"| <center><small>''digit''</small></center> || <center><small>''noun form''</small></center>
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| | <center>''3,000,000'':</center> || miəkō t́əntəno
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| | <center>''25,000,000'':</center> || ʔatrū ṕāge t́əntəno
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| All cardinal numerals up to these forms are meant as invariable.
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| If this numeral is used as a simple count form, it is declined in the passive case. Inside of a structured sentence, it is declined according the case required by its syntactical role. Nouns adjoining such numerals are introduced by the preposition čɛl and are declined in the ablative case.
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| ʔakiə t́əntəxəno fūkarano
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| <small>to two millions people</small>
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| Composite numbers are built by just putting them beside, without any conjunction, in descending order:
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| *''1985'': liəʔā ʈōjəwɳāt́əwt́əw gōleʔatrūt́əw ṕāge
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| Ordinal numerals are formed by adding the ordinal ending -lo to the cardinal numeral form, with an irregular suppletive form:
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| | <center>''1<sup>st</sup>'':</center> || roɕdu
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| | <center>''2<sup>nd</sup>'':</center> || ogidu
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| | <center>''3<sup>rd</sup>'':</center> || migōdu
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| | <center>''4<sup>th</sup>'':</center> || nōhdu
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| | <center>''5<sup>th</sup>'':</center> || čōndu
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| | <center>''6<sup>th</sup>'':</center> || θūhadu
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| | <center>''7<sup>th</sup>'':</center> || hoɕedu
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| | <center>''8<sup>th</sup>'':</center> || šudu
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| | <center>''9<sup>th</sup>'':</center> || cōjudu
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| | <center>''10<sup>th</sup>'':</center> || fēwdu
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| | <center>''11<sup>th</sup>'':</center> || ɕōwfēwdu
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| | <center>''12<sup>th</sup>'':</center> || ogifēwdu
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| | <center>''20<sup>th</sup>'':</center> || ogifēwtujdu
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| | <center>''30<sup>th</sup>'':</center> || ogifēwtujdu
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| | <center>''60<sup>th</sup>'':</center> || θūhafēwtunudu
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| The ordinal numeral for “millionth” is regularly formed from its corresponding cardinal forms, by adding the epenthetic vowel -ə-, while its multiples are formed by unifying the separated forms in an only adjectival word:
| | These forms, while broadly undefined in their meaning, are usually specified by using the interrogative adjective with other generic or specific nouns: |
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| | <center>''1,000,000<sup>th</sup>'':</center> || t́əntəlo
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| | <center>''3,000,000<sup>th</sup>'':</center> || miəkōt́əntəlo
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| If the numeral form is composite, the ending is added only to the last numeral form:
| | * '''ṫjejmewa weʡewa''': in which place (<small>static location</small>) |
| *''25<sup>th</sup>'': ʔatrū ṕāgelo | | * '''ṫjejmeʈu weʡeʈu''': in which place (<small>motion toward</small>) |
