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.
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| English | Penobscot | Sounds Like |
|---|---|---|
| How many are there? | kehsəwak? | |
| 1 | pesəko | |
| 12 of them | nisəwak | |
| 3 of them | nlə̀wak | |
| 4 of them | yèwəwak | |
| 5 of them | nəwak | |
| 6 many of them | nəkʷətαs kehsəwak | |
| 7 many of them | tαpawαs kehsəwak | |
| 8 many of them | nsὰsok kehsəwak | |
| 9 many of them | noli kehsəwak | |
| 10 many of them | mətala kehsəwak |