Plural in Javanese language

[Jordi Mallach]

Chris,

On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 10:45:09PM -0700, chris mastanto wrote:
> If you put number before nouns, you don't have to write nouns twice.
> e.g. 2 kids = 2 bocah, not 2 bocah-bocah. 
>  
> Zero is not considered as plural. Zero means nothing so you can't put simply
> put zero and nouns.
> e.g. 0 kid = no kid at all = ora ono bocah

So to be very sure:

is "0 bocah" incorrect? How do programs represent "0 bytes" in Javanese?
Can't you use the number in this case?

And then, it's 1 bocah, 2 bocah, 3 bocah, 4 bocah..., when using
numbers?

If so, this would mean there's only one plural form in Javanese.

Jordi
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