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Ordinal numerals
Ordinal numerals are formed in a connectival phrase: connective + cardinal.
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Cardinal and ordinal numerals are identical except for ‘one’ and ‘first’
Example 60-45:
mobáli mókó
mobáli
man
mókó
one
one man
Example 60-46:
mobáli ya libosó
mobáli
man
ya
of
libosó
front
the first man
Example 60-47:
mibáli mísátu
mibáli
men
mísátu
three
three men
Example 60-48:
mobáli ya mísátu
mobáli
man
ya
of
mísátu
three
the third man
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Lingala
by
Michael Meeuwis
cite
Language:
Lingala
Feature:
Ordinal numerals
Source:
Meeuwis 1998
: 22
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