The numbers in Elefen

Cardinal numbers

• 0: zero.
• 1: un.
• 2: du.
• 3: tre.
• 4: cuatro.
• 5: sinco.
• 6: ses.
• 7: sete.
• 8: oto.
• 9: nove.
• 10: des.
• 11: des-un.
• 12: des-du.
• 20: dudes.
• 21: dudes-un.
• 100: sento.
• 1,000: mil.
• 1,000,000: milion.

On written form, each digit is separated by a dash (-), except for mil and milion. For example: 78 is written setedes-oto, 6,921 is written ses mil novesento-dudes-un and 7,254,909 is written sete milion dusento-sincodes-cuatro mil novesento-nove. Negative, decimal numbers and fractions are written as follows:

• -273: min dusento-setedes-tre.
• 73.02817: setedes-tre punto zero du oto un sete.
• -1.1: min un punto un.
• 1/2: dui, un dui.
• 3/500: tre sincosentis.
• 1/78: un setedes-oti.
• -7/78: min sete setedes-otis.

Fractions just add the suffix -i to the numbers and follow the usual rules for word formation: If the word ends with a vowel and its not the only vowel in the word drop that vowel: sete becomes seti—drop the e in setei—, du becomes dui —ends with vowel but it’s the only one so no droppping here—. For some reason 3 is an exception: tre becomes tri.

To indicate the quantity of something in a sentence just write the number and follow it with a noun:

• Sinco patatas: Five potatoes.
• Un problem: One problem; a problem.
• Me ia mata tredes-cuatro zombis con mea du pistoles: I killed 34 zombies using my two guns.

Ordinal numbers

If a noun precedes a number then we get an ordinal number:

• Numero sinco: Fifth.
• Ci es la numero un?: Who’s the first one?
• Person du: The second person.