Numbers in Antillean Creole of Martinique



Learn numbers in Antillean Creole of Martinique

Knowing numbers in Antillean Creole of Martinique is probably one of the most useful things you can learn to say, write and understand in Antillean Creole of Martinique. Learning to count in Antillean Creole of Martinique may appeal to you just as a simple curiosity or be something you really need. Perhaps you have planned a trip to a country where Antillean Creole of Martinique is the most widely spoken language, and you want to be able to shop and even bargain with a good knowledge of numbers in Antillean Creole of Martinique.

It's also useful for guiding you through street numbers. You'll be able to better understand the directions to places and everything expressed in numbers, such as the times when public transportation leaves. Can you think of more reasons to learn numbers in Antillean Creole of Martinique?

Antillean Creole of Martinique (kréyòl, patwa) is a French-lexified creole language. Spoken in Martinique by about 400,000 speakers, it is closely-related to the other Antillean Creoles spoken for instance in Guadeloupe, in Dominica or in Trinidad and Tobago, although it differs from them by its vocabulary and grammar.

List of numbers in Antillean Creole of Martinique

Here is a list of numbers in Antillean Creole of Martinique. We have made for you a list with all the numbers in Antillean Creole of Martinique from 1 to 20. We have also included the tens up to the number 100, so that you know how to count up to 100 in Antillean Creole of Martinique. We also close the list by showing you what the number 1000 looks like in Antillean Creole of Martinique.

  • 1) yonn
  • 2)
  • 3) twa
  • 4) kat
  • 5) senk
  • 6) sis
  • 7) sèt
  • 8) uit
  • 9) nèf
  • 10) dis
  • 11) wonz
  • 12) douz
  • 13) trèz
  • 14) katòz
  • 15) tjenz
  • 16) sèz
  • 17) disèt
  • 18) dizuit
  • 19) diznèf
  • 20) ven
  • 30) trant
  • 40) karant
  • 50) senkant
  • 60) swasant
  • 70) swasanndis
  • 80) katrèven
  • 90) katrèvendis
  • 100) san
  • 1,000) mil
  • one million) an milyon
  • one billion) an milya

Numbers in Antillean Creole of Martinique: Antillean Creole of Martinique numbering rules

Each culture has specific peculiarities that are expressed in its language and its way of counting. The Antillean Creole of Martinique is no exception. If you want to learn numbers in Antillean Creole of Martinique you will have to learn a series of rules that we will explain below. If you apply these rules you will soon find that you will be able to count in Antillean Creole of Martinique with ease.

The way numbers are formed in Antillean Creole of Martinique is easy to understand if you follow the rules explained here. Surprise everyone by counting in Antillean Creole of Martinique. Also, learning how to number in Antillean Creole of Martinique yourself from these simple rules is very beneficial for your brain, as it forces it to work and stay in shape. Working with numbers and a foreign language like Antillean Creole of Martinique at the same time is one of the best ways to train our little gray cells, so let's see what rules you need to apply to number in Antillean Creole of Martinique

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  • Digits and numbers from zero to sixteen are specific words, namely zéwo [0], yonn [1], [2], twa [3], kat [4], senk [5], sis [6], sèt [7], uit [8], nèf [9], dis [10], wonz [11], douz [12], trèz [13], katòz [14], tjenz [15], and sèz [16]. Seventeen to nineteen are regular numbers, i.e. named after the ten and the digit: disèt [10+7], dizuit [10+8], diznèf [10+9].
  • The tens are specific words too from ten to sixty, namely dis [10], ven [20], trant [30], karant [40], senkant [50], and swasant [60].
  • From sixty to ninety-nine, the base 20 is used (this vigesimal system seems to be an inheritance from Celtic languages imported via the French language), hence swasanndis [60+10], swasanndiznèf [60+10+9], katrèven [4*20], katrèvendis [4*20+10].
  • Tens and units are put together (e.g.: karannsis [46]), unless the unit is a one. In that case, the word é (and) is inserted between tens and units, figuring an addition (e.g.: karantéen [41]). The compound numbers based on twenty cause the addition of an -n before the unit for twenty, and the replacement of the final -t with an -n from thirty to sixty, except when the unit is one in order to make the syllable longer (e.g.: venndé [22], tranntwa [33], karannsenk [45]).
  • Hundreds are formed by juxtaposing the unit to the word for hundred san, with the exception of one hundred itself: san [100], désan [200], twasan [300], katsan [400], sensan [500], sisan [600], sètsan [700], uisan [800], and nèfsan [900].
  • Hundreds composed with the unit one are linked with a dash, the other hundreds being directly attached to the following ten or unit (e.g.: san-en [101], twasan-en [301], sisankarant [640]).
  • One million is an milyon and one billion, an milya, the one unit being replaced here by the indefinite article an (a).
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