ᏗᏎᏍᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏕᎳ ᏗᎧᏁᏨ
[dee.say.sdee ah.lay ah.day.lah dee.kah.nay.juh]
numbers and money words
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1ᎬᏱ
1 - 5
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ᏌᏊ [saw.gwoo]
one
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ᏔᎵ [tahl]
two
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ᏦᎢ [joe]
three
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ᏅᎩ [nuhk]
four
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ᎯᏍᎩ [heesk]
five
2Ꮑ
6 - 10
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ᏑᏓᎵ [sue.dahl]
six
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ᎦᎵ’ᏉᎩ [gahl.gwoahk]
seven
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ᏣᏁᎳ [jah.nayl]
eight
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ᏐᏁᎳ [soh.nayl]
nine
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ᏍᎪᎯ [sgoh]
ten
3Ꮑ
11 - 15
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ᏌᏚ [saw.dew]
eleven
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ᏔᎳ’Ꮪ [tahl.dew]
twelve
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ᏦᏚ [joe.dew]
thirteen
(some ᎠᏂᏬᏂᏍᎩ will say ᏦᎦᏚ [joe.gah.dew])
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ᏂᎦᏚ [nee.gah.dew]
fourteen
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ᏍᎩᎦᏚ [skee.gah.dew]
fifteen
4Ꮑ
16 - 20
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ᏓᎳᏚ [dah.lah.dew]
sixteen
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ᎦᎵ’ᏆᏚ [gahl.gwah.dew]
seventeen
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ᏁᎳᏚ [nay.lah.dew]
eighteen
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ᏐᏁᎳᏚ [so.nay.lah.dew]
nineteen
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ᏔᎵ’ᏍᎪᎯ [tahl.sgoh]
twenty
5Ꮑ
10 - 50
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ᏍᎪᎯ [sgoh]
ten
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ᏔᎵ’ᏍᎪᎯ [tahl.sgoh]
twenty
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ᏦᏍᎪᎯ [joe.sgoh]
thirty
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ᏅᎩ’ᏍᎪᎯ [nuhk.sgoh]
forty
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ᎯᏍᎩ’ᏍᎪᎯ [heek.sgoh]
fifty
6Ꮑ
60 - 100
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ᏑᏓᎵ’ᏍᎪᎯ [sue.dahl.sgoh]
sixty
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ᎦᎵ’ᏆᏍᎪᎯ [gahl.gwah.sgoh]
seventy
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ᏁᎳ’ᏍᎪᎯ [nehl.sgoh]
eighty
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ᏐᏁᎳ’ᏍᎪᎯ [so.nehl.sgoh]
ninety
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ᏍᎪᎯᏥ’Ꮖ [sgo.heechgw]
one hundred
7Ꮑ
money
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ᎠᏕᎳ [ah.day.lah]
money
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ᎯᎳ ᎢᎦ ᏧᎬᏩᎵ’Ꮧ? [hee.law ee.gah jew.guh.wahl.dee]?
how much does it cost?
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ᎠᏰᏟ [ah.yay.hlee]
half
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ᎩᏄᏘ’Ꮧ [gee.newt.dee]
quarter
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ᎢᏯᏓᏅ’ᏖᏗ [ee.yah.dawn.tay.dee]
cent
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ᏍᎩᎦᏚ ᎢᏯᏓᏅ’ᏖᏗ ᏧᎬᏩᎶ’Ꮧ 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
