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(9) no
(10) da
(11) yauzda
(12) duauzda
(13) sezda
(14) chorda
(15) ponzda
(16) shonzda
(17) abda
(18) azhda
(19) nozda
(20) bist
(21) bist-u-yak
(30) si
(40) chil
(50) pinjau
(60) shast
(70) aftaud
(80) ashtaud
(90) nawad
(100) yak-sad
(101 yak-sad-u-yak
(1,000) yag-azor
(100,000) yak-lak
Telling Time :
"What time is it?" chan bajas? "It's 3." se bajas. "It's 9 : 10." no u das.
The days of the week are:
"Sunday" yakshambe, "Monday" dushambe, "Tuesday" seshambe, "Wednesday" chorshambe, "Thursday" panshambe, "Friday" juma, "Saturday" shambe.
The seasons are:
"spring" awali baur, "summer" baur, "fall" tirmau, "winter" zimistaun.
The directions are expressed in this way :
"north" shamaul, "south" junub, "east" mashriq, "west" magrib. "to the right" tarafi raus, "straight ahead" ru ba ru, "to the left" tarafi chap.
The following are imperative commands :
"Bring tea." caui biaur. "Buy sugar" bura bixar. "Take the tea." cauia bubar. "Bring the coffee." kofira biaur. "Fill the cup". piaulara pur ko. "Wait." sabir ko. "Go to the bazaar." bauzaur buro. "Don't go to the bazaar." bauzaur naro. "Don't empty the cup." piaulara xauli nako. "Come here." ijabiau.
The simple past tense is as follows :
"I did" kadum, "You did" kadi, "He, she, it did" kad, "We did" kadem, "You did" kaden, "They did" kadan. "I did not do." nakadum.
Roughly two thirds of characters agree with a modern printed edition of the same text. Much of the disagreement is editorial, not misreading. Treat the transcription as a finding aid and read the page image before quoting. How this was measured.