# Láadan/Lessons/21
## Counting
### 0 - 9

The basic numbers are:
| Láadan | English | Notes |
| Rawoho | Zero (0) | The official dictionary technically does not have a word for 0, but rawoho is "none". |
| Nede | One (1) | |
| Shin | Two (2) | |
| Boó | Three (3) | |
| Bim | Four (4) | |
| Shan | Five (5) | |
| Bath | Six (6) | |
| Um | Seven (7) | |
| Nib | Eight (8) | |
| Bud | Nine (9) | |

### 10 - 19

The numbers 11 through 19 are formed by putting the ones value before the tens value, adding "e" as necessary to break up consonants.
| Láadan | English |
| Thab | Ten (10) |
| Nedethab | Eleven (11) |
| Shinethab | Twelve (12) |
| Boóthab | Thirteen (13) |
| Bimethab | Fourteen (14) |
| Shanethab | Fifteen (15) |
| Bathethab | Sixteen (16) |
| Umethab | Seventeen (17) |
| Nibethab | Eighteen (18) |
| Budethab | Nineteen (19) |

### 20 - 99

After that, 20, 30, 40, and so on will have "thab" (10) first, and then the number in that tens place, so 20 would be "ten-two", 30 would be "ten-three", and so on.
| Láadan | English |
| Thab | Ten (10) |
| Thabeshin | Twenty (20) |
| Thabebóo | Thirty (30) |
| Thabebim | Forty (40) |
| Thabeshan | Fifty (50) |
| Thabebath | Sixty (60) |
| Thabebum | Seventy (70) |
| Thabenib | Eighty (80) |
| Thabebud | Ninety (90) |
Then, to build out 21, 22, 34, 56, etc. you use the tens-value ("Thabeshin") plus ("i") how many ones ("nede").
| Láadan | English |
| Thabeshin | Twenty (20) |
| Thabeshin i shin | Twenty-two(22) |
| Thabebim i shan | Forty-five (45) |
| Thabebud i bud | Ninety-nine (99) |

### Bigger numbers

| Láadan | English |
| Debe | One hundred (100) |
| Debe i nede | One hundred and one (100) |
| Debe i thabeshin i nede | One hundred and twenty-one (121) |
| Debeshan | Five hundred (500) |
| Debeshan i nede | Five hundred and one (501) |
| Debeshan i thabeshin i nede | Five hundred and twenty-one (521) |
| Thob | One thousand (1,000) |
| Thobeshin | Two thousand (2,000) |
| Thobeshin i debeshin i thabeshin i shin | Two thousand, two hundred, and twenty-two (2,200) |
| Rod | One million (1,000,000) |
| Merod | One billion (1,000,000,000) |

## Specifying quantity in a statement

With pronouns, we can specify singular, some (2-5), or many (6+), but how do we explicitly state how many of an item is doing some action, or being affected?

### Multiple subjects

For multiple subjects, you will still need to add the plural marker "me-" to your verb, but you can specify a quantity of subjects by putting the number after your subject.
| Láadan | English | Breakdown |
| Bíi eril yod rul thuzheth wa. | The cat ate a cake | rul = cat |
| Bíi eril meyod rul shin thuzheth wa. | Two cats ate a cake. | me- = plural marker, shin = two |

### Multiple objects

Let's say you ate three cakes. The number three ("Boó") will go after your object to specify the amount of that object.
| Láadan | English | Breakdown |
| Bíi eril yod le thuzheth wa. | I ate a cake | yod = to eat, thuzh = cake, -th = object marker |
| Bíi eril yod le thuzheth boó wa. | I ate three cakes. | boó = three. |

### Multiple recipients/givers

In the case where, perhaps, you're giving cake to three people, your number will go after the recipient.
| Láadan | English | Breakdown |
| Bíi eril ban le thuzheth withediwa. | I gave cake to a person. | ban = to give, with = person, -di = goal marker. |
| Bíi eril ban le thuzheth withedi boó wa. | I gave cake to three people. | |
| Bíi eril bel le thuzheth withede boó wa. | I took cake from three people. | bel = to take, -de = source marker |

## Some, many, all, any

You can use the words for "some", "many", "all", and "any" the same way you use an actual number in a sentence - after the subject, the object, or additional case-phrases.
| Láadan | English |
| menedebe or mendebe | many |
| nedebe or ndebe | few/several |
| woho | all/every |
| waha | any |
| Láadan | English |
| Bíi eril yod le thuzheth wa. | I ate a cake. |
| Bíi eril yod le thuzheth nedebe wa. | I ate some cake. |
| Bíi eril yod le thuzheth menedebewa. | I ate many cakes. |
| Bíi eril yod le thuzheth woho wa. | I ate all the cake. |