Re: Deriving fractions and percentages (was: [Theory] Types of numerals)
| From: | Peter Bleackley <peter.bleackley@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, January 18, 2006, 15:59 |
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staving Jim Henry:
>On 1/18/06, Yahya Abdal-Aziz <yahya@...> wrote:
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> > How do your conlangs derive fractions and percentages?
>
>gjâ-zym-byn uses the conjunction "ðe" (divided by)
>to form fractions. E.g.,
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>dâ-ðe-ĉu
>three-divided_by-two
>one and a half
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>fy-ðe-tÄm
>seven-divided_by-hundred
>seven percent
Khangaþyagon would compound the numeral with "ak", meaning "part", to form
a denominator
denak half
radak third
bantak quarter etc. On their own, each of these mean 1/x. To form such
things as 3/4, pluralize the denominator and follow it by the numerator.
This is because adjectives follow the noun in Khangaþyagon, and cardinals
normally act as adjectives, except that they don't agree for grammatical
number, as normal adjectives do.
bantakar rad three quarters.
Pete