—Kurmanji Kurdish— A Reference Grammar with Selected Readings

8,000 heşt hezar 9,000 neh hezar 10,000 deh hezar &c.
Compound numbers are formed with the conjunction û, as in
çil û yek forty-one
pêncî û heft fifty-seven
The number yek and all subsequent compound numbers ending in yek are
ordinarily declined as feminine singular with construct in -a and oblique in
-ê.
di 91’ê de di nod û yekê de in ’91
Lê ew yeka han wî bêhêvî nake. But that one (thing just mentioned) does
not make him despair.
Ev yeka han ji tradisyona Celadet
Bedir-Xan û bi xêra kovara wî
Hawarê dibe.
SUBSTANTIVES
This one (thing just mentioned) is from
the tradition of Jeladet Bedir-Khan and
is thanks to his journal Hawar.
When yek is used as a pronoun referring to a person, however, it takes the
appropriate gender.
ew yekê wan that one (masc.) of them
ew yeke wan that one (fem.) of them
The numbers du through neh, and all subsequent compounds ending in 2
through 9, as well as the thousands, are inflected as plurals with a regular
oblique in -an.
di sala 1984’an de di sala hezar û nehsed û
heştê û çaran de
li 4’a aprîla 1946’an de li çara aprîla hezar û
nehsed û çil û şeşan de
in the year 1984
on April 4, 1946
All numbers ending in zero (except the thousands) are declined as masculine
with construct ending in -ên, but the oblique ends in -(y)î.
di salên 1300’î de di salên hezar û sêsedî de in the 1300s
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