Sinhalese Plural Form

On Tue, 2005-10-11 at 16:43 +0600, Anjula >> Info-share wrote:
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Hi

> In Sinhalese (Sri Lankan language), the plural form changes based on
> whether the subject is animate or inanimate.
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> In both cases (inanimate or animate), the singular form is different.
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> ‘zero items’ is generally not used in Sinhalese. But, if using it
> should be similar to the plural form.
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> Ex: 
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> 1 man               -           minihek (or 1 minihek)
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> 2 men               -           minissu 2 denek
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> 5 men               -           minissu 5 denek
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> (0 men              -           minissu 0 denek)
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> 1 dog                -           bal’lek (or 1 bal’lek)
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> 5 dogs              -           ballo 5 denek
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> 1 book              -           pothak (or 1 pothak)
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> 5 books             -           poth 5’k
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> (0 books           -           poth 0’k)
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> In Sri Lanka we’re taking a great effort to promote OpenSource
> software. As you know, the FOSS conference was also held in Sri Lanka
> this year (www.fosssl.org). We are keen to translate commonly used
> OpenSource apps to Sinhalese, the main local language. 
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> So the formula would be:
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> n==1 ? 0 : 1 ……….. (but different for animate and inanimate objects)
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If that's the case, the formula would be:

n == 1 ? 0 : n == 5 ? 2 : 1

That's 0 elements or 5 elements or whatever elements. If it's an animate
object, the second and third forms will be the same and differents for
inanimated objects.

Do we agree? Please, confirm me it and I will add that plural form.

Cheers.

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> Cheers!
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> Anjula
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