When, however, a partitive genitive is intended, ne represents “of,” as logoru eduk ne merau—two baskets of coconuts.
Nu expresses our genitive of origin, as fak nu Tomak—child of Tomak; mokuf nu Uap—flower of Uap.
Ku is used for our possessive genitive, when the thing possessed is inanimate, but when animate, then e is used. Thus: thauei ku pumawn—necklace of the man; otofin ku pin—charcoal of the woman; gatu e olakem—cat of your brother; babi e Pilun—pig of the Chief.
CONJUNCTIONS
The conjunctions are as follows:
| n̄ḡe | and |
| reb | also |
| dagathi | neither, nor |
| fa | either, or |
| ma | but |
| ya | because |
| n̄ḡe | so that |
CARDINAL NUMBERS
| 1 | reb, tareb |
| 2 | rub, logoru |
| 3 | adolib |
| 4 | anin̄ḡek |
| 5 | lal |
| 6 | nel |
| 7 | medelib |
| 8 | meruk |
| 9 | mereb |
| 10 | argak |
| 11 | argak n̄ḡe tareb |
| 12 | argak n̄ḡe logoru |
| 14 | ragak n̄ḡe anin̄ḡek |
| 20 | r’liu |
| 21 | r’liu n̄ḡe tareb |
| 30 | agiei |
| 33 | agiei n̄ḡe adolib |
| 40 | anin̄ḡargak |
| 50 | uguem |
| 55 | uguem n̄ḡe lal |
| 60 | nelargak |
| 70 | medelibargak |
| 80 | merukargak |
| 90 | merebargak |
| 100 | raȧi |
| 200 | rum raȧi |
| 202 | rum raȧi logoru |
| 300 | adolib mere ai |
| 500 | lal mere ai |
| 1000 | buyu |
Ordinal numbers are not used. We have, however, mon—first, in the front; toluk—in the middle; uoriel—last, lastly.
Ordinal numbers are not in reality lacking; yai—time, when joined to the cardinal numbers by the article e provides them. Thus: tareb-e-yai—once; logoru-e-yai—twice; adolib-e-yai—thrice; etc.