Unit 5.5: NG2 - Numerals

Akan Teleteaching Course

Examples:

õkraá baaküé "one cat"

adaán mmienuá "two houses"

ntaadeáñ naán "four dresses"

anuaánom nuám "five siblings" (i.e. brothers and sisters)

nnuaá duá "ten trees"

The numerals ñnaán, enuám, eduá loose their prefixes when counting nouns.

"Mirror image": Numerals follow the adjective(s) qualifying the noun: (cf. "Notes on grammar 2" in Unit 2)

õkraá tuntumá baaküé "one black cat"

adaán fññfñá mmienuá "two nice houses"

ntaadeáñ kõkõõá naán "four red dresses"

anuaánom nkuámaa nuám "five junior siblings"

nnuaá nteánten duá "ten big trees"

b) Exact time
quarter past X	Dõán küé abõá apaá hüé simmaá duánuám.	It's a quarter past one.
twenty minutes past X	Nnõán mmienuá abõá apaá hüé simmaá aduonuá.	It's twenty past two.
half past X	a) Nnõán mmiñnsæé abõá apaá hüé simmaá aduasæ.	It's three thirty.
	b) Nnõán mmiñnsæé apaeá muá.	It's half past three.
	c) Abõá nnõán mmiñnsæé neá fæé.	It's half past three.
twenty minutes to X	Akaá simmaá aduonuá na abõá nnõn naán.	It's twenty to four.
quarter to X	Akaá simmaá duánuám na abõá nnõn naán.	It's a quarter to four.

nwoáma aâ ñdiá kaán	"the first book"	lit. "the book which comes first"
ñdaán aâ ñtõá soá mmienuá	"the second house"	lit. "the house which ranks second"
ataadeáñ aâ ñtõá soá mmiñnsæé	"the third dress"	lit. "the dress which ranks fourth"
onuaá aâ õtõá soá ñnaán	"the fourth sibling"	lit. "the brother who ranks fourth"
etc.