ᏗᏎᏍᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏕᎳ ᏗᎧᏁᎢᏍᏗ

[dee.say.sdee, ah.lay, ah.day.lah, dee.kah.nay.ee.sdee]

numbers and money words

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1ᎬᏱ

1 - 5

  • ᏌᏊ [saw.gwoo] one

  • ᏔᎵ [tahl] two

  • ᏦᎢ [joe] three

  • ᏅᎩ [nuhk] four

  • ᎯᏍᎩ [heesk] five

2Ꮑ

6 - 10

  • ᏑᏓᎵ [sue.dahl] six

  • ᏉᎩ [gahl.gwoahk] seven

  • ᏣᏁᎳ [jah.nayl] eight

  • ᏐᏁᎳ [soh.nayl] nine

  • ᏍᎪᎯ [sgoh] ten

3Ꮑ

11 - 15

  • ᏌᏚ [saw.dew] eleven

  • Ꮪ [tahl.dew] twelve

  • ᏦᏚ [joe.dew] thirteen

    (some ᎠᏂᏬᏂᏍᎩ may say ᏦᎦᏚ [joe.gah.dew])

  • ᏂᎦᏚ [nee.gah.dew] fourteen

  • ᏍᎩᎦᏚ [skee.gah.dew] fifteen

4Ꮑ

16 - 20

  • ᏓᎳᏚ [dah.lah.dew] sixteen

  • ᏆᏚ [gahl.gwah.dew] seventeen

  • ᏁᎳᏚ [nay.lah.dew] eighteen

  • ᏐᏁᎳᏚ [so.nay.lah.dew] nineteen

  • ᏍᎪᎯ [tahl.sgoh] twenty

5Ꮑ

10 - 50

  • ᏍᎪᎯ [sgoh] ten

  • ᏍᎪᎯ [tahl.sgoh] twenty

  • ᏦᏍᎪᎯ [joe.sgoh] thirty

  • ᏍᎪᎯ [nuhk.sgoh] forty

  • ᎯᏍᏍᎪᎯ [heek.sgoh] fifty

6Ꮑ

60 - 100

  • ᏑᏓᏍᎪᎯ [sue.dahl.sgoh] sixty

  • ᏆᏍᎪᎯ [gahl.gwah.sgoh] seventy

  • ᏍᎪᎯ [nehl.sgoh] eighty

  • ᏐᏁᏍᎪᎯ [so.nehl.sgoh] ninety

  • ᏍᎪᎯᏆ [sgo.heechgw] one hundred

7Ꮑ

money

  • ᎠᏕᎳ [ah.day.lah] money

    CED example sentence

    ᎦᏌᎴᏂ ᎠᏜᏩᏛ ᏕᎦᏝ ᎠᏕᎳ.

    gà:salě:ni à:dlǎ:wá’dv̋: dě:gáhla adě:la

    The money is in the coat pocket.

  • ᎯᎳ ᎢᎦ ᏧᎬᏩᏗ? [hee.law, ee.gah, jew.guh.wahl.dee]? how much does it cost?

  • ᎠᏰᏟ [ah.yay.hlee] half

  • ᎩᏄᏗ [gee.newt.dee] quarter

  • ᎢᏯᏓᏖᏗ [ee.yah.dawn.tay.dee] cent

  • ᏍᎩᎦᏚ ᎢᏯᏓᏖᏗ ᏧᎬᏩᏗ ᎠᏗᏔᏍᏗ ᎠᏆᏚᎵᎭ

    [sgee.gah.dew ee.yah.dawn.tay.dee jew.guh.wahl.dee ah.dee.tah.sdee ah.gwah.doo.lee.hah]

    I want a fifteen-cent drink