THE NUMBERS

 

0 nul 7 sep 30 trides
1 un 8 oc 100 sunte
2 du 9 nev 200 dusunte
3 tri 10 des 1000 tilie
4 kwer 11 desùn 3000 tritilie
5 pin 12 desdù 1000 000 un miliòn
6 ses 20 dudes 1000 000 000 un miliàrd

 

ex : 574 = pinsunte sesdes kwer, 2 350 819 = du milione trisunte pindes tilie ocsunte desnèv
Ordinal numbers : pri = 1s, duj = 2nd, trij = 3rd, kweri = 4th, pini = 5th, sesi = 6th, sepi = 7th, etc…

 

 

THE TIME

 

Ka hor se je ? = What time is it ? Je s’ un (hor) = It’s one o’ clock
Je s’ midià = It’s twelve o’ clock (noon) Je s’ du id dudes = It’s twenty past two
Je s’ midià id des = it’s ten past twelve Je s’ tri min des = it’s ten to three
Je s’oc min kwert = it’s a quarter to eight Je s’ kwer id mij = it’s half past four
  Je s’ nev id kwert = it’s a quarter past nine
Be ka hor inìz de konsèrt ? = What time is the concert ?
Be dudes id mij = At half past eight pm

Hor = hour minùt = minute sekùnd = second

 

 

THE DATE

 

The days of the week

Lundia = Monday Mididia = Wednesday Wendia =Friday
Mardia = Tuesday Zusdia = Thursday Sabadia = Saturday
        Soldia = Sunday

The months of the year

Janvar = January Maj = May September = September
Febrar = February 3un = June Oktober = October
Mars  = March 3ul = July November = November
Aprìl = April Agùst = August December = Décember

 

Odia se 26i (dudes sesi) September 2005 (dutilie pin) = Today is 26 September 2005
Be pri Maj = on 1st May, be 11i (desuni) November = on 11th November

 

Jesta = yesterday  odia =today domòr = tomorrow
Forjesta = day before yesterday    posdomòr = day after tomorrow
Tri dias for three days ago   in tri dias = in three days

The seasons

Verna = spring soma = summer otèm = autumn vima = winter