How Old Are You?
Summers
Question
Tuh išeyęthayeh How old are you? How many summers do you number?
išeyęthayeh You are such a number of summers.
[ee-sheh-yen-thah-yeh]
i- partitive ‘such’
-še- 2nd person singular agent ‘you’
-yęth- noun root ‘summer’
-a- noun suffix
-ye- verb root ‘to number’
-h stative aspect
Answer
Ndahk iyeyęthayeh I am four years old. I number four summers.
iyeyęthayeh I am such a number of summers.
[ee-yeh-yen-tha-yeh]
i- partitive ‘such’
-ye- 1st person singular agent ‘I’
yęth- noun root ‘summer’
-a- noun suffix
-ye- verb root ‘to number’
-h stative aspect
Winters
Tuh išuhšayeh How many winters are you?
išuhšayeh You are such a number of winters.
[ee-shooh-shah-yeh]
i- partitive ‘such’
-š- 2nd person singular agent ‘you’
-uš- noun root ‘winter’
-a- noun suffix
-ye- verb root ‘to number’
-h stative aspect
Ndahk iyušayeh I number four winters. I am four years old.
iyušayeh I am such a number of winters.
[ee-yoo-shah-yeh]
i- partitive ‘such’
-y- 1st person singular agent ‘I’
-uš- noun root ‘winter’
-a- noun suffix
-ye- verb root ‘to number’
-h stative aspect
Tuh išenˀdenyǫhšrayeh How old are you? How many years do you number?
išenˀdenyǫhšrayeh You are such a number of years.
[ee-shen-en-den-yon-shrah-yeh]
i- partitive ‘such’
-še- 2nd person singular agent ‘you’
-nˀdenyǫ- verb root ‘to overcome’
-hšr- nominalizer
-a- noun suffix
-ye- verb root ‘to number’
-h stative aspect
Ndahk iyenˀdenyǫhšrayeh I am four years old. I number four years.
iyenˀdenyǫhšrayeh I am such a number of years.
[ee-yen-en-den-yon-hshrah-yeh]
i- partitive ‘such’
ye- 1st person singular agent ‘I’
-nˀdenyǫ- verb root ‘to overcome’
-hšr- nominalizer
-a- noun suffix
-ye- verb root ‘to number’
-h stative aspect
Other Numbers
skat one
tęndih two
ahšęhk three
ndahk four
uwiš five
wažaˀ six
tsutareˀ seven
aˀtere eight
ęˀtrǫˀ nine
ahsęh ten (lit. ‘it is ten’)
ahsęh skat iskare eleven (lit. it is ten, it is one, it adds it). The use of the ten with all numbers between 10 and 20 is optional.
ahsęh tęndih teskare twelve (lit. it is ten, they are two, it adds it)
ahsęh ahšęhk iskare thirteen
ndahk iskare fourteen
uwiš iskare fifteen
wažaˀ iskare sixteen
tsutareˀ iskare seventeen
aˀtere iskare eighteen
ęˀtrǫˀ iskare nineteen
tęndih tewahsęh twenty (lit. they are two; it is two tens)
tęndih tewahsęh skat iskare twenty one
tęndih tewahsęh tęndih teskare twenty two
tęndih tewahsęh ahšęhk iskare twenty three
ahšęhk iwahsęh thirty
ahšęhk iwahsęh skat iskare thirty one
ahšęhk iwahsęh tęndih teskare thirty two
ndahk iwahsęh forty
ndahk iwahsęh skat iskare forty one
ndahk iwahsęh tęndih teskare forty two
uwiš iwahsęh fifty
wažaˀ iwahsęh sixty
tsutareˀ iwahsęh seventy
aˀtere iwahsęh eighty