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A numeric stem consists of a cardinal number token and/or a fractional number token, with the cardinal number token immediately preceding the fractional number token when both appear. The cardinal number token represnts the numerator and the fractional number token the denominator. The fractional value can't be 0 and if the cardinal value is 0, no fractional value is needed.
| *5 | "5" |
|---|---|
| /10 | "1/8" |
| *5/10 | "5/8" |
Numeric stems are inflected for direction and precision; these are similar but not identical to scalar direction and precision. Here, the value of the numeric stem is the standard to which direction applies. Equal direction is unmarked, as is medium precision. The affixes are summarized in the following table:
| Affix | Tag | Name | Slot |
|---|---|---|---|
| .T | TP- | Tight | Precision |
| .L | LP- | Loose | |
| < | -LT | Below (standard) | Direction |
| > | -GT | Above (standard) |
Numeric values may be continuous (rational) or discrete (whole). When discrete, tight precision isn't marked with equal direction; the unmarked stem represents an exact value. Otherwise, tight precision marks an exact value and medium precision is somewhat inexact with equal direction. When the direction is above or below, tight precision means "slightly" or "a little" while loose precision means "much" or "a lot".
| /2> | "more than half" |
|---|---|
| .T*2/3< | "just under 2/3" |
| .L*74 | "roughly 60" |
There's no identifier needed to express "none of X"; the quantity word *0 is used instead.
Quantity words may be negated with the negation prefix (^, Neg). This means some other quantity than the one specified or the complement of the numeric range specified.
| ^*7 | "any value but 7" |
|---|---|
| ^.T*2/3< | "not less than 2/3" |
"Each" (distributive) and "all" (collective) are translated using special predicates in the partitive construction.
| Cat:} ea&3 pt "fish" 3Eat.f | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cat-: } | ea & 3 | pt | "fish" | 3-Eat .f |
| cat-P=Prox | each=Ind=3A | Par | fish | 3A-eat=Fin |
| "Each of these cats ate a fish." | ||||
It's not clear if the full partitive construction is always needed.
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