Age

New expressions:

How old are you?

tiče wenotpsiwa?

How old is he?

tiče weNUtpsiwa?

I am _____ years old.

wetikutpsiwa ______.

He is _____ years old.

wetUtpsiwa ______.

I am one year old.

wetikutpsi’a axkU.

He is one year old.

wetUtpsi’a axkU.

Grandmother, how old are you?

atika’, tiče wenotpsiwa?

• Grandchild, I am eighty three.

atⁱnatš, čiiti’Ištaanu’ na taWIt wetikutpsiwa.

How old is your mother?

xax tiče weNUtpsiwa?

• My mother is forty‐six years old.

atⁱna’ pItkUxunaanu’ na tšaapis wetUtpsiwa.

Numbers:

one

axkU

two

pitkUx

three

taWIt

four

čiiti’Iš

five

šihUx

six

tšaapis

seven

taWIšaapiswaaNA

eight

taWIšaapis

nine

nooxiniiwaaNA

ten

nooxini’

eleven

nooxini’ na axkU

twelve

nooxini’ na pitkUx

twenty

wiita’u’

twenty‐one

wiita’u’ na axkU

twenty‐two

wiita’u’ na pitkUx

thirty

NAsaawi’u’

forty

pItkUxunaanu’

fifty

pItkUxunaanu’ (na) nooxini’

fifty‐one

pItkUxunaanu’ nooxini’ na axkU

sixty

taWIhkunaanu’

sixty‐one

taWIhkunaanu’ na axkU

seventy

taWIhkunaanu’ (na) nooxini’

seventy‐one

taWIhkunaanu’ nooxini’ na axkU

eighty

čiiti’Ištaanu’

ninety

čiiti’Ištaanu’ (na) nooxini’

one hundred

(axkU) šihUxtaanu’
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