Numbers

All number words end in -u. Big numbers are simply spoken the way they are written: from big to small, digit before place value.

Number calculator

Enter a number: whole numbers up to 999 trillion, decimals (2.5), negative numbers (−3) or a sum with + − · : (3 + 2). You will see how to say it in Senatola, how it is built and where the stress falls. On this English page the decimal point is a point (2.5); commas between thousands are ignored.

Digits

Each digit begins with a different consonant, in alphabetical order.

0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
nomu	pavu	dosu	kiru	fenu	lahu	sebu	rimu	gutu	jufu

Place values

All of them begin with b.

10	100	1 000	1 000 000	1 000 000 000
beku	bolu	bisu	baru	bunu

How numbers are built

The digit counts its place value: dosu beku = “2 tens” = 20. It is the same rule as kiru dova = three houses (quantity first).
From big to small, as written: 21 = dosu beku pavu.
Empty places are skipped: 205 = dosu bolu lahu.
A one before a place value is dropped: 10 = beku, 100 = bolu, 1 000 = bisu.
Big numbers in groups of three; bisu, baru and bunu always stay. That way 1 300 000 and 1 000 300 cannot be confused. From a trillion upwards a bigger number counts before bunu: bisu bunu = a thousand billion. Otherwise every number takes the biggest possible place word: a billion is always bunu, never bisu baru.
Phone numbers and PINs are spoken digit by digit.

Number	Spoken
11	beku pavu
21	dosu beku pavu
99	jufu beku jufu
205	dosu bolu lahu
2026	dosu bisu dosu beku sebu
45 000	fenu beku lahu bisu
1 300 000	baru kiru bolu bisu
1 000 300	baru kiru bolu
2 500 000 000 000	dosu bisu lahu bolu bunu

Decimal point and calculating

decimal point	plus	minus	times	divided by
nutu	petu	nipu	gemu	vegu

Decimal point: after nutu every digit is spoken on its own, zeros too: 1.174 = pavu nutu pavu rimu fenu, 0.05 = nomu nutu nomu lahu. “2.5 million” is said the way it is written: dosu nutu lahu baru.
Calculating: the calculation words stand between two numbers; the whole calculation is one number, and only its last word changes its ending. The result comes with lute: kiru petu dosa lute laha. = 3 + 2 = 5. Multiplication and division come first, as written.
Minus as a sign: nipu kiru = −3.
The decimal point and the calculation words belong to the number and therefore come before what is counted: dosu nutu lahu seta = 2.5 hours.

Calculation	Spoken
3 + 2 = 5	kiru petu dosa lute laha.
10 − 4 = 6	beku nipu fena lute seba.
2 · 3 = 6	dosu gemu kira lute seba.
8 : 2 = 4	gutu vegu dosa lute fena.

Derived forms

Like every root, numbers take all the endings. In numbers of several words only the last word changes its ending: dosu beku pavi = the 21st.

Ending	Meaning	Example
-u	cardinal number	kiru = three
-i	ordinal number	kiri = third
-a	the number as a thing	kira = the three
-o	frequency	kiro = three times
-e	to be that many	ma lo kire. = There are three of them.

Cardinal numbers come before what is counted (kiru dova = three houses), ordinal numbers come after it as adjectives (dova kiri = the third house).

Fractions, time and date

What	Example
Fraction	pava kiru nifa = one third, dosa kiru nifa = two thirds
Time	di seta kira = at three o'clock (hour three), di seta guta su beku rimu setisa = at 08:17
Date	di nupa kiri lusapega dosi = on 3 February

The time is always said in full, with 24 hours and without “half” or “quarter”: 20:30 = seta dosu beka su kiru beku setisa. The number after seta names the point in time (seta guta = eight o'clock), a quantity word before it the duration (gutu seta = eight hours).

Units and currencies

Senatola has no units of its own. Kilo, litre, metre, euro and others stay unchanged like names; the number comes before them and what is measured after them:

English	Senatola
a kilo of apples	pavu Kilo sekita
two litres of milk	dosu Liter dona
3.50 euros	kiru nutu lahu nomu Euro

Decimal numbers are written with the decimal point (see above); the number calculator handles decimals, negative numbers and simple calculations.