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100 , eleven things.

, twelve things.

, twenty things.

, twenty-onethirty [sic] things.

, thirty-one things.

, one hundred things.

[N.B.—Note carefully the repetition of the noun after each numeral.]

With the numbers two and three, quadrupeds and sometimes even inanimate objects are counted with the word, e.g.

 , one dog.

, two dogs.

, three dogs.

, four dogs.

,, and may be considered to correspond in some degree to the so-called “classifiers” or “auxiliary numerals” of Chinese, Japanese, and many other Eastern languages; but no further trace of such “classifiers” exists.

The radical form can never be used in answer to a question. In such a case one of the substantive forms must be employed.

Some nouns are excluded by their nature from both the above categories. The following are a few such words. “god or gods”;, “a day;” “day;”  “night,” “black.”

is counted as follows:—

 , one god.

, two gods.

, three gods.

, four gods.

, five gods.

, six gods.

, seven gods.

, eight gods.

, nine gods.

, ten gods.

, eleven gods.

, twelve gods.

, twenty gods.

is counted as follows:—

 , one day.

, two days.

, three days.

, four days.