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</Tabs>

Add one of these before your noun and you have provided a quantity determiner (a
Add one of these *before* your noun and you have provided a **quantity determiner** (a
cardinal number).

<HisyeoTabs>
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### Ordinal

Place a numeral word as a regular modifier (after the head noun) and it will
represent a relative position of an item in a sequence (an ordinal number).
Place a numeral word after the nucleus (before, in the midst, or after other
modifiers) and it will represent a relative position of an item in a sequence
(an ordinal number).

<HisyeoTabs>
<p>lı nomü son xe sün ximol, ü süko noyo.&emsp;<em>"The third tree from the left is my favorite."</em></p>
<p>noyo lı umo nonkü xe lı cok.&emsp;<em>"I was the fourth person to leave."</em></p>
</HisyeoTabs>

The position of the ordinal does cause a split in the grouping of nouns.

<HisyeoTabs>
<p>noyo cöüfon mokon süwit kut xön onö.&emsp;<em>"You made the great first dessert."</em></p>
<p>noyo cöüfon mokon süwit xön kut onö.&emsp;<em>"You made the first great dessert."</em></p>
</HisyeoTabs>

### Multiplier

Place a numeral word after (<HisyeoWord is='öni'/>) and use this as a modifier to
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### Adverbial

Use the same form as above but with the manner marker to get adverbial numerals.
Place a numeral word after the manner/material thematic role marker (<HisyeoWord is='öni'/>) and
you get adverbial numerals.

<HisyeoTabs>
<p>noyo bı öni kut tölki mokon si biek botuk yë öni mulö&emsp;<em>"I have only once eaten pizza"</em></p>
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<HisyeoTabs>
<p>noyo ke döstoc son fun son dus tiü icwon noyo.&emsp;<em>I will receive three thirty-fifths of my inheritance.</em></p>
<p>fiki yë sobüni et onö lı si niök bı son ün kut fun son.&emsp;<em>The disease rate has increased by 3 and one-third.</em></p>
<p>fiki yë sobüni et onö lı si niök lon son ün fun son.&emsp;<em>The disease rate has increased by 3 and one-third.</em></p>
</HisyeoTabs>

## Relative
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<p><strong>zero/none:</strong>&emsp;xünyu yë düi umo lı sumon.&emsp;<em>No two people are the same.</em></p>
</HisyeoTabs>

There's also the universal classifications of "every" and "each". These allow
for more specific and complex logical statements.
There's also the universal classifications of "every" and "each". The former is
used for speaking of a group as a whole and the latter is used for speaking of
each individual within a group.

<Tabs groupId="boböun-kon-cukto" queryString>
<TabItem value="latin" label="Latin" default>
<ul>
<li><strong></strong>: </li>
<li><strong></strong>: </li>
<li><strong></strong>: </li>
<li><strong></strong>: </li>
</ul>
</TabItem>
<TabItem value="opügido" label="ɽʋʄꜿɟʌ">
<ul>
<li><strong></strong>: </li>
<li><strong></strong>: </li>
<li><strong></strong>: </li>
<li><strong></strong>: </li>
</ul>
</TabItem>
</Tabs>
<HisyeoTabs>
<p>küu lı gufıs yë fos nimü xüsten xokön xolu bı xön.&emsp;<em>Make sure you wash each bowl well.</em></p>
<p>binton lono onö lı lö bı cën hoi xokön lono hëlxun ün lı lö bı sël hoi xokön bıtün.&emsp;<em>The sun comes up each morning and sets each night.</em></p>
<p>möi umo xe hoi küncën onö, di si totsı ün hoküxı.&emsp;<em>Every person in the room stood and cheered.</em></p>
</HisyeoTabs>

:::info Interplay with location and duration thematic relations

Then there is the relative quantities about position in a sequence. Whether that
sequence be positional or time.
Using these with the location/time thematic relation (<HisyeoWord is='hoi'/>) and
the distance/duration thematic relation (<HisyeoWord is='lon'/>) has subtle
differences in interpretations.

<Tabs groupId="boböun-kon-cukto" queryString>
<TabItem value="latin" label="Latin" default>
<ul>
<li><strong></strong>: </li>
<li><strong></strong>: </li>
<li><strong></strong>: </li>
<li><strong></strong>: </li>
</ul>
</TabItem>
<TabItem value="opügido" label="ɽʋʄꜿɟʌ">
<ul>
<li><strong></strong>: </li>
<li><strong></strong>: </li>
<li><strong></strong>: </li>
<li><strong></strong>: </li>
</ul>
</TabItem>
</Tabs>
<HisyeoTabs>
<p>nü ke niltügu xe lı lö bı fiki, hoi 5 mönbılı xokön.&emsp;<em>"We will stop running at 5 miles"</em></p>
<p>nimü ke döstoc iskö hoi möi 5 mönbılı xokön.&emsp;<em>"You will get a drink every 5 miles"</em></p>
<p>ke lı öni lö fiki bësu hoi xokön 5 mönbılı xokön.&emsp;<em>"There will be a different runner each 5 miles" </em></p>
<p>nü ke lı lö bı fiki lon 5 mönbılı xokön.&emsp;<em>"We will run for 5 miles"</em></p>
<p>ke lı öni lö fiki bësu lon möi 5 mönbılı xokön.&emsp;<em>"There will be a different runner for every 5 mile stretch"</em></p>
<p>nimü ke döstoc iskö dizel lon xokön 5 mönbılı xokön.&emsp;<em>"You get another drink for each 5 mile stretch"</em></p>
</HisyeoTabs>

:::

Lastly, there are relative quantities that refer to the speakers feelings that
the quantity is an adequate amount for their purposes.

<Tabs groupId="boböun-kon-cukto" queryString>
<TabItem value="latin" label="Latin" default>
<ul>
<li><strong></strong>: </li>
<li><strong></strong>: </li>
<li><strong></strong>: </li>
<li><strong></strong>: </li>
</ul>
</TabItem>
<TabItem value="opügido" label="ɽʋʄꜿɟʌ">
<ul>
<li><strong></strong>: </li>
<li><strong></strong>: </li>
<li><strong></strong>: </li>
<li><strong></strong>: </li>
</ul>
</TabItem>
</Tabs>
<HisyeoTabs>
<p>noyo bı öhël iskö si zötëstö iskö kikölö ülzo hoi lono öfo.&emsp;<em>"I've already had enough coffee today."</em></p>
<p>nimü mokon si otıkon biek süwit hoi köndodü onö.&emsp;<em>"You ate too much cake at the party."</em></p>
<p>niün moskül lı büzök möfi hön xe hobiyö müt niün wohi.&emsp;<em>"He lacks the courage to tell her."</em></p>
</HisyeoTabs>

<HisyeoTooltip/>

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