imossi [1], bidédji [2], birriéwou [3], bine [4], biranou [5], bissiaamounou [6], issambouali [7], inane [8], and ifou [9], igumi [10], kama[100], toseni[1000].
Nombres cardinaux
Principes de 1 à 6 les nombres cardinaux sont adjectifs, il se placent après le nom qu'ils déterminent et suivent les règles d'accords des adjectifs qualificatifs.
Ex:
batu-bana; personnes quatre,
mabaga-ma ganu: couteaux quatre,
ba tsioli ba syamunu: 6 oiseaux;
du-palu du-mossi: carquois un,
myendu-mi bedji: voyages deux.
Mosi déterminant un nom de prend pas de préfixe.
Ex:
Mutu-mosi: une personne
Pura mosi: une plaie
Les numéros cardinaux de 2 à 6; détermine un nom de troisième classe au pluriel simple.
bidédji [2], birriéwou [3], bine [4], biranou [5], bissiaamounou [6],
Ex? ndao-bedji: Deux maisons; panguga irriéwou : barre de trois, tsala: nyengo-i-ranu, musa tssyamounou:filets 6.
Punu numbering rules
- Numbers from one to nine are specific words, namely imossi [1], bidédji [2], birriéwou [3], bine [4], biranou [5], bissiaamounou [6], issambouali [7], inane [8], and ifou [9].
- The tens are formed by putting mawouma before their multiplier digit, with some exceptions: digumi [10], mawouma bédji [20], mawouma riérwou [30], mawoumane [40], mawoumaranou [50], mawoumassiamounou [60], doussambouali doumawoumi [70], innane imawoumi [80], and ifou mawoumi [90].
- Compound numbers are formed by saying the ten, then the coordinator na, and the unit (e.g.: diwouni na inane [18], mawoumaranou na bine [54]).
- Hundreds are formed by setting the multiplier digit after the word for hundred (kame), except for one hundred itself, unless composed: kame [100], kame bidédji [200], kame birriéwou [300], kame bine [400]…
- Thousands are formed the same way as hundreds, i.e. by setting the multiplier digit after the word for thousand (ivévi), except for one thousand itself, unless composed: ivévi [1,000], ivévi bidédji [2,000], ivévi birriéwou [3,000], ivévi bine [4,000]…
- Each group of numbers is linked to the others with na (and), tens and units, but also hundreds and tens, thousands and hundreds… (e.g.: mawouma bédji na birriéwou [23], kame imossi na mawoumaranou [150], ivévi imossi na kame bidédji na mawouma riérwou na bine [1,234]).
Numbers list
1 – imossi 2 – bidédji 3 – biriéwou 4 – bine 5 – biranou 6–bissiaamounou 7 – issambouali 8 – inane 9 – ifou | 10 – igumi 11 – igumi na imossi 12 – igumi na bidédji 13 – igumi na birriéwou 14 – igumi na bine 15 – igumi na biranou 16 – igumii na bissiaamounou 17 – igumi na issambouali 18 – igumi na inane | 19 – igumi na ifou 20 – maguma bédji 30 – maguma riérwou 40 –magumamane 50 – maguma maranou 60 – maguma massiamounou 70 – dusambwali dumagoumi 80 – innane imagumi 90 – ifou magumi | 100 – kame 1,000 – ivévi |