toki pasila’s main counting system is a hybrid (meaning that numbers get created using multiplication and addition) decimal system.
English | toki pasila | |
---|---|---|
0 | zero | ala; |
nulo | ||
0.01; | ||
⅟₁₀₀ | zero point zero one; | |
one over hundred | ala/nulo ka ala wan; | |
wan tan sata | ||
0.1 | zero point one | ala/nulo ka wan |
0.5; | ||
½ | zero point five; | |
one half | ala/nulo ka isu; | |
wan kipisi | ||
⅔ | two over three | tu tan san |
1 | one | wan |
√2 | square root of 2 | noka pi tu |
1.5 | one point five; | |
three halves | wan ka isu; | |
san kipisi | ||
2 | two | tu |
3 | three | san |
4 | four | tese |
5 | five | isu |
6 | six | kusi |
7 | seven | sewe |
8 | eight | wisin |
9 | nine | ena |
10 | ten | teka |
11 | eleven | (wan) teka wan |
12 | twelve | (wan) teka tu |
13–19 | ⋮ | ⋮ |
20 | twenty | tu teka |
21 | twenty-one | tu teka wan |
22–99 | ⋮ | ⋮ |
100 | (one) hundred | (wan) sata |
101 | (one) hundred and one | (wan) sata wan |
102–999 | ⋮ | ⋮ |
1000 | one thousand | (wan) ili |
Addition is described via the words kulupu and en.
tu en tu li tese. — Two plus two is four.
si kulupu e tu e tu la si kama jo e tese. — If you add two and two, you get four.
Subtraction is described via the words apeja and weka.
sewe weka tu li isu. — Seven minus two is five.
si apeja e san tan ena la si kama jo e kusi. — If you subtract three from nine, you get six.
Multiplication is described via the word mute.
san mute kepen tu li kusi. — Three times two is six.
si mute e tu kepen tu la si kama jo e tese. — If you multiply two by two, you get four.
Division is described via the word kipisi.
kipisi san pi kusi li tu. — Six divided by three is two.
si kipisi e tu kepen tu la si kama jo e wan. — If you divide two by two, you get one.