Introduction

Syllabus

Part I

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Part II

Chapter One

Back to Realelvish

To start, there is no number zero, decimals, or negative numbers in Sindarin. The human counting is what you will most likely use because it is the easiest for us. It, like our counting, is base 10.

Numbers One Through Ninety-Nine

Here are the numbers from one to ten:

1 Min
2 Tâd (becomes Tad in compounds)
3 Neledh (becomes Nel in compounds)
4 Canad (becomes Can in compounds)
5 Leben (becomes Leb in compounds)
6 Eneg
7 Odog
8 Toloth
9 Neder
10 Cae

To make larger numbers, you must think of it as a string of addition and multiplecation. For numbers 11-19, add "Ten" Cae to the end of the number, as a seperate word. From here on in a guess, a reconstruction rather than an attested fact... but it makes sense.

11 Min Cae
12 Tâd Cae
13 Neledh Cae
14 Canad Cae
15 Leben Cae
16 Eneg Cae
17 Odog Cae
18 Toloth Cae
19 Neder Cae

To make multiples of ten, add -chaen to the end of the number if it ends in a D, L, or R, and for the rest add -gaen.

20 Tadchaen
30 Nelchaen
40 Cangaen
50 Lebgaen
60 Enegaen
70 Odogaen
80 Tolothgaen
90 Nederchaen

To make the numbers in between, write the number, then the multiple of ten that it needs; so, you would write 21 like this: one-twenty.

21 Min Tadchaen
22 Tâd Tadchaen
75 Leben Odogaen

Numbers Beyond One Hundred

100 is host. To make multiples of 100, suffix -hoth to the number. -hoth changes the words weirdly, so I'll show them for you.

100 Host
200 Tathoth
300 Nelchoth
400 Canchoth
500 Lepheth
600 Enechoth
700 Odochoth
800 Tolothoth
900 Nederchoth

1000 is meneg. To make multiples of 1000, add -veneg. There are some special causes where is changes a little oddly, so they're all listed for you.

1000 Meneg
2000 Tadveneg
3000 Nelveneg
4000 Cammeneg
5000 Lemmeneg
6000 Enegveneg
7000 Odogveneg
8000 Tolothveneg
9000 Nederveneg

Let's put this together.

6483 Neledh Tolothgaen Canchoth Enegveneg
265 Leben Enegaen Tathoth
968 Toloth Enegaen Nederchoth
39 Neder Nelchaen

Numbers as Adjectives

Here are the first ten, which are not hypothetical. After these, they are all guesses. Educated guesses, but still guesses.

First Main/Minui/Erui
Second Taid/Edwen
Third Nail/Nelui
Fourth Canthui
Fifth Lemui [I reconstructed this from Noldorin Levnui.]
Sixth Enchui
Seventh Odothui/Othui
Eighth Tollui/Tolothen
Ninth Nedrui
Tenth Caenui/Caenen

The rest are made by adding -ui to the end of the original numbers. For the numbers ending in "-aen", add "-en" to the end of it.

312^th Tâd Cae Nelchothui
35^th Leben Nelchaenen

Using Numbers

Using numbers in text is pretty easy. Numbers aren't counted as adjectives and are placed before the noun. The noun becomes plural if there is more than one of it.

Examples

12 animals → Tâd Cae levain
1 animal → Min lavan

There is a time when numbers become adjectives; therefore soft lenition applies when using them. These are words like: first, second, third… you get the idea.

Note: These are only the ones that you need for numbers, but realize that there is a lot more to this chart that I didn't show you.

When using numbers as adjectives, you must use them as any other adjectives. They follow the noun they describe, and soft lenition applies to them.

Examples

Fourth morning → Aur ganthui
Sixty-third happy bird → Aew veren neled enegaenen

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