ᏗᏎᏍᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏕᎳ ᏗᎧᏁᏨ

numbers and money words

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1ᎬᏱ

1 - 5

  • ᏌᏊ “saw-gwoo” one

  • ᏔᎵ “tah-lee” two

  • ᏦᎢ “joe-ee” three

  • ᏅᎩ “nuh-kee” four

  • ᎯᏍᎩ “he-skee” five

2Ꮑ

6 - 10

  • ᏑᏓᎵ “sue-dah-lee” six

  • Ꭶ·ᎵᏉᎩ “gahl-gwoah-gee” seven

  • ᏣᏁᎳ “jah-neigh-lah” eight

  • ᏐᏁᎳ “so-neigh-lah” nine

  • ᏍᎪᎯ “sgo-hee” ten

3Ꮑ

11 - 15

  • ᏌᏚ “saw-dew” eleven

  • Ꮤ·ᎳᏚ “tahl-dew” twelve

  • ᏦᎦᏚ “joe-gah-dew” thirteen

  • ᏂᎦᏚ “knee-gah-dew” fourteen

  • ᏍᎩᎦᏚ “skee-gah-dew” fifteen

4Ꮑ

16 - 20

  • ᏓᎳᏚ “dah-lah-dew” sixteen

  • Ꭶ·ᎵᏆᏚ “gahl-gwah-dew” seventeen

  • ᏁᎳᏚ “neigh-lah-dew” eighteen

  • ᏐᏁᎳᏚ “so-neigh-lah-dew” nineteen

  • Ꮤ·ᎵᏍᎪᎯ “tahl-sgo-he” twenty

5Ꮑ

10 - 50

  • ᏍᎪᎯ “sgo-he” ten

  • Ꮤ·ᎵᏍᎪᎯ “tahl-sgo-he” twenty

  • ᏦᏍᎪᎯ “joe-sgo-he” thirty

  • Ꮕ·ᎩᏍᎪᎯ “nuhk-sgo-he” forty

  • ᎯᏍ·ᎩᏍᎪᎯ “heek-sgo-he” fifty

6Ꮑ

60 - 100

  • ᏑᏓ·ᎵᏍᎪᎯ “sue-dahl-sgo-he” sixty

  • Ꭶ·ᎵᏆᏍᎪᎯ “gahl-gwah-sgo-he” seventy

  • Ꮑ·ᎳᏍᎪᎯ “nehl-sgo-he” eighty

  • ᏐᏁ·ᎳᏍᎪᎯ “so-nehl-sgo-he” ninety

  • ᏍᎪᎯ·ᏥᏆ “sgo-heechgw” one hundred

7Ꮑ

money

  • ᎠᏕᎳ “ah-day-lah” money

  • ᎯᎳ ᎢᎦ ᏦᎦᏩ·ᎵᏗ? “he-law ee-gah joe-gah-wahll-dee” how much does it cost?

  • ᎠᏰᏟ “ah-yay-hlee” half

  • ᎩᏄ·ᏘᏗ “gee-newt-dee” quarter

  • ᎢᏯᏓ·ᏅᏖᏗ “ee-yah-dawn-tay-dee” cent

  • ᏍᎩᎦᏚ ᎢᏯᏓ·ᏅᏖᏗ ᏧᎬᏩ·ᎶᏗ ᎠᏗᏔᏍᏗ ᎠᏆᏚᎵᎭ “ski-gah-dew ee-yah-dawn-tay-dee jew-guh-wahll-dee ah-dee-tah-sdee ah-gwah-doo-lee“ I want a fifteen-cent drink