From The Languages of David J. Peterson
Lesson 3|Numerals
This lesson covers counting in High Valyrian which uses a base 10 number system, just like English where basic numerals run zero through nine with a new digit added at powers of ten.
Numerals to Nine
| Numerals, Zero to Nine
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English
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| daorun (6pauc. 3ter.)
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nothing; zero
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| mēre (num. adj II)
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one
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| lanta (num. adj. I)
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two
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| hāre (num. adj. II)
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tree
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| izula (num. adj. I)
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four
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| tōma (num. adj. I)
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five
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| bȳre (num. adj II)
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six
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| sīkuda (num. adj. I)
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seven
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| jēnqa (num. adj. I)
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eight
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| vōre (num. adj. II)
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nine
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High Valyrian numbers are adjectives which nearly always appear prepositive, before the noun. Numerals one to nine, when used in a sentence, decline in grammatical gender, case, and number to match the noun they describe.
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English
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| tōmyz azantyssy Iōnot māzīlzi
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five knights will come for Jon
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| sīkudra lōgra qelbār ilzi
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seven ships are in the river
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High Valyrian numbers decline in case too, as seen in the below examples.
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English
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| dārys bono hāro guēsoti bē vestras
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the king is talking about those three trees
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| jēnqom azantommi pōnte idakōs
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attack them with eight knights
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Numerals Eleven to Ninety-Nine
| Numerals, Multiples of Ten
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English
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| ampa (adj. indecl.)
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ten
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| lantēpsa (adj. indecl.)
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twenty
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| hārēpsa (adj. indecl.)
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thirty
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| izulēpsa (adj. indecl.)
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fourty
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| tōmēpsa (adj. indecl.)
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fifty
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| bȳrēpsa (adj. indecl.)
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sixty
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| sīkudēpsa (adj. indecl.)
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seventy
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| jēnqēpsa (adj. indecl.)
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eighty
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| vōrēpsa (adj. indecl.)
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ninety
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Form the ten's digit in High Valyrian adding the suffix -ēpsa to the one's digit for the appropriate number--for example, form twenty, lantēpsa from adding -ēpsa to lanta, "two." For numbers in High Valyrian between eleven and ninety-nine, place the declining adjective denoting the digit before the indeclinable adjective in the coordinated form to denote the power of ten. The digit adjective always declines to match the grammatical gender, case, and number of the noun where the adjective for the ten's digit does not decline. Examples follow.
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English
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| mēri ampā zaldrīzesse eman
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I have eleven dragons
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| taobi lantos lantēpsā egrommi tymilis se mēre taoba zirȳle nektotas
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the boys were playing with twenty-two knives and one boy cut himself
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| dāri hen sīkudo hārēpsā dārȳti urnen
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I see the king of the thirty-seven kingdoms
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| konīr ñuhī mēri ampā korzī dīntin
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I used to put my eleven longswords there
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Numerals One Hundred to Nine Hundred
| Numerals, Multiples of One Hundred
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English
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| gār (adj. indecl.)
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one hundred
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| langār (adj. indecl.)
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two hundred
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| hārgār (adj. indecl.)
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three hundred
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| zūgār (adj. indecl.)
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four hundred
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| tōngār (adj. indecl.)
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five hundred
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| bȳrgār (adj. indecl.)
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six hundred
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| sīgār (adj. indecl.)
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seven hundred
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| jēngār (adj. indecl.)
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eight hundred
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| vōrgār (adj. indecl.)
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nine hundred
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Form the hundred's digit in High Valyrian adding the suffix -gār to a shortened form of the one's digit. For numbers in High Valyrian between one hundred to nine hundred and ninety-nine, form the numerical adjectival phrase placing the indeclinable hundred's digit followed with se then followed with the declining adjective denoting the digit before the indeclinable adjective in the coordinated form to denote the power of ten as discussed above. The hundred's digit never declines. Examples follow.
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English
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| vōrgār se vōriar vōrēpsā qintra eman
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I have nine hundred and ninety-nine turtles
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| kesys sōlutty gār se mēro ampā azantoti bē issa
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this scroll is about the one hundred and eleven knights
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Numerals over One Thousand
Counting over one thousand uses a different paradigm. The High Valyrian noun, pyrys means "one thousand" and is not used like an adjective. Instead, place the noun with a quantity of it in the genitive plural, and assign the case the verb calls for to the noun pyrys. In other words, the numerical adjectival phrase modifies the noun pyrys itself.
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English
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| lantī jēnqēpsā pyrī azantoti konīr vīlīptis
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eighty-two thousand knights fought there
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| konot lentot sōlutty lanto jēnqēpsā pyroti azantoti bē ilza
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in that house there is a scroll about the eighty-two thousand knights
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