7.0 The map — what's in this chapter
7 · Numerals — counting, dates, "the second one" · a plain-language guide to Assyrian (Sureth) grammar
| topic | the one thing to remember | sample | see |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1–10 | the core ten; memorize these and everything else is built on them | kha, tre, tla… | The core numbers |
| 11–19 | number + -sar ("-teen") | khaddessar "11" | The "-teens" |
| Tens | number + -i | esri "20," tlay "30" | The tens |
| Hundreds / thousands | -emma "hundred," alpa "thousand" | emma "100," alpa "1000" | Hundreds and thousands |
| Building big numbers | biggest first; glue hundreds/thousands on with -o- | emmo esri tla "123" | Building bigger numbers |
| Ordinals | "first" is a real word (kamaya); "second" onward = noun + et + number | nashet tre "the second man" | Ordinals |
| Fractions | only "half" (palga) and "quarter" (charak) have their own words | kha-palge "one and a half" | Fractions |
| Days of the week | the number is hidden inside the name | tlo-shiba "Tuesday" | Days of the week |
| Seasons & months | fixed vocabulary lists | keta "summer," nisan "April" | Seasons and months |
Cardinal just means a counting number (one, two, three). An ordinal is a ranking number (first, second, third). We'll do the cardinals first because everything else leans on them.
The historical detective-work in Khan (where each number came from, why some carry the throaty "heavy" quality) is skipped — it doesn't change how you say them.
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