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 melja vaþerassukun kirumpaje marse = 1965
-) Nouns counted by a cardinal numeral are considered to modify the numeral. A construction using the equative case is used.
+) Nouns counted by a cardinal numeral take the ablative case and precede the numeral.
 EG:
-simmelki vaþerassu
+pigkelki vaþerassu
 = nine lords
-sin-melki vaþerassu
+pik-melki vaþerassu
-EQU-lord nine
+ABL-lord nine
 ) Ordinal numerals are indicated with the equative case:
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 EQU-twenty one month-PL
-) Fractions are indicated with a periphrastic construction involving kwerþi "piece, portion" and the ablative case.
+) Fractions are encoded by a periphrastic construction involving kwerþi "piece, portion" and the ablative case.
 EG: