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 If a possession is inalienable, than a suffix ''-kk'' is added, like in ''ŋalwakke'' his/her head. If a possession is alienable and temporary (it was given to someone for a short period of time, borrowed) than a suffix ''-ŋ'' is added instead - ''nakraŋəm'' - "the knife I borrowed".
+===Numerals===
+The following are the numerals from 1 to 10 in Takkenit. There are two words for 3 and 4: ''kurtet'' and ''kuttet'' are used to count separate or individual items, while ''teret'' and ''titte'' are used when mentioning groups or piles of inanimate things, usually those that can be put into a some kind of container. The word ''kije'' "a pair" can sometimes be used instead of ''kakte'' "two". Several words for "one" are also used: ''ikte'' is the main and the general one, ''timu'' is "another one" (when mentioning two people or things), ''timkatte'' is used with something that can be held in a hand, however it doesn't represent a single item, rather a single group of items that a person can hold in their hand, for example: ''timkatte pelwa'' means "a handful of grain".
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+|+Numerals
+|-
+! colspan=2 | Takkenit
+!English
+|-
+!<small>Cardinal</small>
+!<small>Ordinal</small>
+!<small>Translation</small>
+|-
+| ikte
+| ikena
+| one
+|-
+| kakte
+| kakta
+| two
+|-
+| kurtet
+| kurmi
+| three
+|-
+| teret
+| tirena
+| group of three
+|-
+| kuttet
+| tittena
+| four
+|-
+| titte
+| tittena
+| group of four
+|-
+| ikkaŋat
+| ikkaŋena
+| five
+|-
+| kuttet
+| miktuni
+| six
+|-
+| ŋampektet
+| ŋampekuna
+| seven
+|-
+| kaktiket
+| kaktekiŋa
+| eight
+|-
+| ŋampejeŋket
+| ŋampejiŋki
+| nine
+|-
+| kakkaŋat
+| kimteni
+| ten
+|}
+When counting beyond 10, new numerals are created by adding ''-tew-kimt-it'' "them, coming after ten" to the existing numeral: ''iktetewkimtit'' "eleven", ''kaktetewkimtit'' "twelve". For numbers bigger than 19 a suffix ''-kimteki'' (for "twenty") and ''-kimtit'' (for "thirty" and more) are added, for example: ''kaktekimteki'' "twenty", ''kaktekimteki ikte'' "twenty one" and so on. The was no special word for 100 and larger numerals, instead the word ''munajit'' "many" was used. This word was typically used instead of any number larger than ten.
 ===Verbs===
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 ==Example texts==
 ===The North Wind and the Sun===
+{{main|Literature:The North Wind and the Sun#Takkenit}}
 *Takkenkikle:
 Kiwerkawi Kajna ku tupewkatkamit je-wujmumeja, kuti pekleja tulmu kerkawna taŋkenute tamejneki. Pewkakmitejte, jeti ikta para tatekkatejle peklejam tekijunkele kerkawtem lukirken, kenittekepa wujmumekija. Tekute Kiwerkawi putinkaleleti je-wankat, le minkemu putinkati minkemu pekleja kerkawtem peltutteka ŋalku ekaljate; jellu ku Kiwerkawi kewtanutem ikarjaketteka. Tekute Kajna tulmakentuttele, pekleja ku iknekku kerkawtem lukirkakti. Kuje Kiwerkawi tejkat pekanitteken Kajnam je-wujmumekija.
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 And so the North Wind was obliged to confess that the Sun was the stronger of the two.
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