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Ireth_Telrunya
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on: April 20, 2015 01:17
How exactly do numbers work in Sindarin? I need the words for "twenty-eight". I know eight is toloth, but I can't find a word for "twenty". Would I say "two tens" instead?
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on: April 20, 2015 09:13
You would say for 28: tadchaen a toloth (twenty and eight)

This is similar to the german way of saying numbers.

They say "eight and twenty" though

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on: April 21, 2015 03:31
Thanks!
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on: April 25, 2015 06:38
For "twenty", David Salo suggests *tadgaen (from assumed Old Sindarin *tata+kaina -> tad- followed by a lenition; cf. tad-dail, orodben), containing cae, caen- "ten" consistent with Tolkien's post-LotR commentary published in 2007 (PE17/p. 95).

In *tadchaen, is the /c/ > /ch/ conclusion maybe based on the Stop Mutation which results from earlier *-t? (To me, assumed historical *tatkain- would become S. *tachaen = /'taχχaen/; cf. ephel < ed + pêl.)

[Edited on 04/26/2015 by Elhath]
LotR-era Sindarin subject pronouns (with verbs) ❖ On translating "until" ❖ Old /-ch/ of /man agorech/ discussed
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