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=== Numerals ===
=== Numerals ===
There is no isolated word for "one". Counting uses a word ''cwir'' that was formerly "once/an occurrence" (cf. Slavic '''raz''' dva tri...). Otherwise, the singulative form of the noun in question is used, when necessary emphasized with __ 'only'.
There is no isolated word for "one". Counting uses a word ''cwil'' that was formerly "once/an occurrence" (cf. Slavic '''raz''' dva tri...). Otherwise, the singulative form of the noun in question is used, when necessary emphasized with __ 'only'.


=== TAM auxiliaries ===
=== TAM auxiliaries ===