Lesson 36

     This a continuation of the previous lesson on numerals.  
      Fraction are given as follows 

      1/2    one half     ser
     
      1/3    a third      meseles ( third part )   or sls
      
      1/4    quarter      rboE

      1/5    a fifth      Hmesit  ( fifthe part)

      1/6   a sixth       sdesit  ( sixth part)
        
      1/7   a seventh     sbeIt    ( seventh part )

      

      1 1/2  one and half =     Hate we ser

      2 1/4  two and quarter =  kl'e we rboE

      Ordinal numberals  have both feminine and masculine form. in 
      Egnlish " first",  "second" , "third " etc. have no specific 
      gender as they are equally used for the femoale ad male. The case 
      in Tigre is different. The ordinal numerals are gender 
      specific and are given as follows:

      first      awal  or awelay / awelayt (m/f) we can also use the words 
                 qedam or qedamay/ qedamayt  (m/f)
                           
      second     kal' or kale'ay/kale'ayt (m/f)     
 
                 Example  :   et kale'ayt  amEl  on the second day 

      third      sals or salsay/ salsayt (m/f)      

      fourth     rabE or rabeAy/ rabeAyt (m/f)

      fifth      Hams or Hamsay/ Hamsayt (m/f)

      sixth      sads or sadsay/ sadsayt (m/f)

      seventh    sabeE or sabeAy/ sabeAyt (m/f)

      eigth      samn or samnay/ samnayt (m/f)

      ninth      taseE or taseAy/ taseAyt (m/f)

      tenth      Asr or Asray/ Asrayt  (m/f)    

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End of Lesson 36 

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