toki pasila’s main counting system is a hybrid (meaning that numbers get created using multiplication and addition) decimal system.

Table of numbers

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
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

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

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

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

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.

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