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Re: Slavic numerals (was Re: introduction)

From:Y.Penzev <isaacp@...>
Date:Wednesday, December 5, 2001, 8:37
Re: Vasiliy Chernov on Tuesday, December 04, 2001 10:06 PM

> On Fri, 30 Nov 2001 09:37:03 +0200, Y.Penzev
<yitzchaq@...> wrote:
> > >Re: Tony Hogard on Thursday, November 29, 2001 11:11 PM > > > >> 'Course, if it's 2, 3, or 4 books in Russian, it takes
genitive
> >> singular.
It was NOT me! ---skipped some----
> I've never heard of so weird a system outside Slavic
languages :)
> > >+ ...I heard that in Bulgarian the 'counting form' is
used with ALL
> numerals > >(but '1'), and in Polish they use a special form of
numeral (!) for purely
> >male groups... > > Yes, they do.
Well, you've given the whole paradigm, I'd given just the flavour... Yitzik