Exercise II.
Good morning, how are you?—Very well, I thank you—Where are you from?—I am from Spain—Of which town?—From Conago—Who (quinsa) has my book?—I have it—Who is that young Lady?—She is Miss Kate—Where is my trunk (caban)?—The servant has it—Have you my fine glasses?—I have them—Have you the fine horses of my neighbours?—I have not them—Who are you?—I am John—Are you Peter's father?—I am.
Third Lesson.
Of the cardinal numbers.
The father Encina divides the numbers into primitives, ordinals, distributives and vicenales.
The primitive numerals are those which serve to count, and are the followings:
| Ten children. | Napolo ca bata. |
| Twenty horses. | Caluha-an ca cabayo. |
| Two hundred and twenty guns. | Duha ca gatus caluha an ug duha ca fusil. |
| Five hundred and ninety one soldiers. | Lima ca gatus casiam-an ug usa ca soldalo. |
| One thousand men. | Usa ca libo ca taoo. |
Remarks:
1.a The English forms “a hundred, a thousand”, are rendered into Bisaya by usa ca gatus, usa ca libo. Expressions like “eighteen hundred” must be translated as:—one thousand eight hundred, ex: The year 1898.—Usa ca libo ualo ca gatus casiaman ug usa.
2.a The unity begins by a consonant duplicates, the first syllable, when points out any quantity. The denaries are formed by putting before unity the particle ca and an after, as we have seen. Ca serves also to join the numbers to the nouns, thus: Usa cataoo.—Napolo ca pisos, upat ca adlao.