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A Complete Grammar of Esperanto by Ivy Kellerman Reed
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dek kvar = fourteen. tridek kvin = thirty-five.
dek naux = nineteen. sepdek ok = seventy-eight.
dudek tri = twenty-three. nauxdek ses = ninety-six, etc.

144. Cardinals containing more than two figures begin with the largest
number and descend regularly, as in English:

cent tridek kvin, one hundred and thirty-five.
kvarcent nauxdek sep, four hundred and ninety-seven.
sescent du, six hundred and two.
mil okdek, one thousand and eighty.
mil naucent dek du,
one thousand nine hundred and twelve
(nineteen hundred and twelve).


THE SUFFIX "-AN-".

145. The suffix "-an-" is used to form words indicating an inhabitant or
resident of the place denoted by the root, or a member or adherent of
the party, organization, etc., denoted by the root. The suffix "-an-"
may itself be used as a root, forming "ano", member, etc.

bostonano = Bostonian. domano = inmate of a house.
kamparano = countryman, peasant. vilagxano = villager.

[Footnote: Cf. English "urb-an", "suburb-an", "Rom-an", "republic-an",
"Mohammed-an", etc.]

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