m
koka harpa h aya
do
|
he ext.pos. bucket
det. good exist
|
|
‘the bucket lying
with him is good’
|
|
 unu
neka2
hoka alyi mi mencuku
|
we nekang ext.pos.
pig acc. kill-asp.
|
|
‘we killed the pig
of mekang’
|
|
m
more hoka subu mi mencuku
|
he forest ext.pos.
mithun acc. kill-asp.
|
|
‘he killed the mithun
of the forest’
|
|
|
|
he we school ext.pos.
student
|
|
‘he is a student
of our school’
|
|
|
|
| Numeral |
| The
Apatani numeral system follows decimal system. The units are listed
below : |
ko
|
‘one’
|
|
anyi
|
‘two’
|
hi
|
‘three’
|
plyi
|
‘four’
|
yao
|
‘five’
|
x
|
‘six’
|
|
kanu
|
‘seven’
|
|
pinyi
|
‘eight’
|
|
koa
|
‘nine’
|
alya
|
‘ten’
|
|
|
| The above
units are used, when the numbers
|
2.neka is the place under ther Apatani house where pigs are
kept.are used without particular
reference to any object. Otherwise respective classifiers (See,
p.60 section
on classifiers) are added to the numerals |
| In such
instances, the classifiers are added to the basic numerals. There
is no basic numeral for one and hence classifier itself stands for
it.
|
|
ø
|
‘one’
|
|
-nyi
|
‘two’
|
-hi
|
‘three’
|
-p
|
‘four’
|
-o
|
‘five’
|
x
|
‘six’
|
|
kanu
|
‘seven’
|
|
pinyi
|
‘eight’
|
|
koa
|
‘nine’
|
lya
|
‘ten’
|
|
|
| Multiples of ‘ten’
are formed by compounding the form - alya
‘ten’ with the unit. The units follow the decimal unit.
|
alya
plye
|
(4 x 10)
|
‘forty’
|
alya
yao
|
(5x 10)
|
‘fifty’
|
alya
x
|
(6 x 10)
|
‘sixty’
|
|
|
| There are exceptions
to the above general rule. Exceptions are noticed in the case of following
numerals.
|
| twenty, thirty,
seventy, eighty, ninety. |
