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==== Ordinal numerals ==== ''First'' and ''last'' are usually expressed with relative forms of the verbs {{Lang|shi-latn|izwur}} "to be first" and {{Lang|shi-latn|ggru}} "to be last": {{Col-begin}} {{Col-2}} {{interlinear|indent=2|lang=shi|tawriqqt izwarn|page which.is.first|"the first page"}} {{Col-2}} {{interlinear|indent=2|lang=shi|ussan gg°ranin|days which.are.last|"the last days"}} {{Col-end}} There are also agent nouns derived from these verbs which are apposed to a noun or used independently: {{Col-begin}} {{Col-2}} {{interlinear|indent=2|lang=shi|aḍrf amzwaru|furrow the.first.one|"the first furrow"}} {{Col-2}} {{interlinear|indent=2|lang=shi|tucka d tamggarut|she.arrived hither the.last.one|"she arrived last"}} {{Col-end}} The other ordinals are formed by prefixing masc. {{Lang|shi-latn|wis-}}, fem. {{Lang|shi-latn|tis-}} to a cardinal numeral,<ref>Galand (1988, 4.18).</ref> which is then constructed with a plural noun in the usual manner: {{Col-begin}} {{Col-2}} {{interlinear|indent=2|lang=shi|wis-kraḍ wussan|ORD-three EA-days|"the third day"}} {{Col-2}} {{interlinear|indent=2|lang=shi|tis-kraṭṭ twal|ORD-three EA-times|"the third time"}} {{Col-end}} The ordinal prefixes is also used with Arabic numerals and with the indefinite numeral: :{{Lang|shi-latn|wis-xmsa w-ɛcrin n dulqqiɛda}} "the 25th [day] of [the month] Dhū al-Qaʿda" :{{Lang|shi-latn|wis-mnnawt twal}} "the how-manieth time?" Because four of the numerals 1 to 10 begin with {{Lang|shi-latn|s}}, the geminated {{Lang|shi-latn|ss}} that results from the prefixation of {{Lang|shi-latn|wis-}}, {{Lang|shi-latn|tis-}} (as in {{Lang|shi-latn|wissin}}, {{Lang|shi-latn|wissmmus}}, etc.) is often generalized to the other numerals: {{Lang|shi-latn|wissin}}, {{Lang|shi-latn|wisskraḍ}}, {{Lang|shi-latn|wisskkuẓ}}, etc.
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