Hi!
John Vertical <johnvertical@...> writes:
>...
> > > >If the base is not agreed on, the first used base must be in the long
> > > >form, using the verb 'to take the power of' explicitly. This verb is
> > > >'il':
> > > >
> > > > kul il kjok == 10^2 = 100
> > >
> > > Ah, so numbers are phonemically different when used as a base and when
> > > used as a digit?? That definitely clears the system up a lot.
> >
> >Phonemically? What? Any word is pronounced exactly the same. 'il'
> >is another word that is usually dropped.
>
> So why is "10" then "kjok" and not "kjox" there? Just a typo?
Oops. Typo! :)
>...
> >In normal human life, there are situation
> >when other bases that ten are used, so I introduced them. Currently,
> >the language has numbers up to sixteen, and for telling the time (ie.,
> >quite a common situation not overly technical), they are indeed used
> >up to sixteen.
>
> >**Henrik
>
> IMO that sounds like putting the cart before the horse...
Is that a reason against doing in my conlang?? :-P
**Henrik
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