Ordinals precede the noun: ruana na mwane the second man.
Ordinals are used to express the number of times: eruana lau nia lea go he went away the second time.
Ruana also means fellow: na ruana gera their fellows.
Tenth is expressed by tangafulu ana: aqala maaedangi mana ruana the twelfth day, tangalau ro aqala mana etana one hundred and twenty-first.
Efita how many, is used with the substantival termination na: efitana what number?
3. Multiplicatives.
The article fe is employed to form multiplicatives: guka fai fe olila I shall return four times, sasigu ka fita fe ode doo taala fuagu how often shall my brother harm me? tafe once.
The causative fa does not make multiplicatives except in the case of faoroa often.
EXCLAMATIONS.
Iu, iuka, assent. Oto mone is that so? Ne is used in questions, ati ne satamu what is your name? na mwela a Joseph e langi ne Is He not the son of Joseph? Aia sums up, so there, well then! Oimae alas! The noun ai, person, is added to proper names to call attention, Joe ai hey, Joe!