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Here we will use what we learned in the previous exercises and combine plurals with numbers, animals, and people. These will be tools to answer each question. There are two ways of asking each question depending on what you are asking about.

Animate

English

How many are there?

Penobscot

kehsəwak?

Sounds Like


English

1

Penobscot

pesəko

Sounds Like


English

2 of them

Penobscot

nisəwak

Sounds Like


English

3 of them

Penobscot

nlə̀wak

Sounds Like


English

4 of them

Penobscot

yèwəwak

Sounds Like


English

5 of them

Penobscot

nəwak

Sounds Like


English

6 many of them

Penobscot

nəkʷətαs kehsəwak

Sounds Like


English

7 many of them

Penobscot

tαpawαs kehsəwak

Sounds Like


English

8 many of them

Penobscot

nsὰsok kehsəwak

Sounds Like


English

9 many of them

Penobscot

noli kehsəwak

Sounds Like


English

10 many of them

Penobscot

mətala kehsəwak

Sounds Like