How Many

New expressions:

How many are there?

tiče nuhnaanu’?

• There are _____.

______ tuhnaanu’.

How many students are there?

tiče nuhnaanu’ piirataapo’Iš?

• There are thirty students.

NAsaawi’u’ tuhnaanu’ piirataapo’Iš.

There are five dogs.

xaatš tuhnaanu’ šihUx.

There will be three.

taWIt kooxuhnaanu’.

There are ten of us (we number ten).

tatuhnaahnaanu’ nooxini’.

⇒ Note: Both the number and the item being counted can come either before or after tuhnaanu’.

♦ In some cases, when telling how many of something there are, the word for the item is incorporated, or inserted, into the word tuhnaanu’. The final –u’ of the item is deleted in incorporation. ♦

lodge

akaanu’

tribe

ačitaanu’

song, story

naa’iituxu’

night

NItkAhaanu’

day

šakuunu’

person

sahniš

head

paxu’

bed

kUxaanu’

There are four lodges.

čiiti’Iš tuutakanaanu’.

There are three tribes.

taWIt tuutačitanaanu’.

There are eight songs.

tuhnaa’iitUxtanaanu’ taWIšaapis.

It was three nights.

tuuNItkAhaanaanu’ taWIt.

It was six days.

tUsakunaanu’ tšaapis.

There are ten people.

tuutIsaNIštanaanu’ nooxini’.

There are four buffalo skulls.

čiiti’Iš tUtpAxtaanu’ tanaha’.

There are three beds.

tUtkUxaanaanu’ taWIt.