102 THE NUMERAL.
Kesa ake-gata no
This morning' tlairn '*
kwaji ' de, naga-ya ga | They say that two
conflagration by, long-hoHse(nom.} naga-ya WCTC burnt down
futa'-mune yakete, y an( i one godown ruined
dozo ga hlto-tomae ochita
ftoiloirn (nom.) one-hut fell ra m b'
so desic.
r it man r is.
ORDINAL, FRACTIONAL, ETC., NUMBERS.
166. What we term ordinal numbers are sometimes marked by suffixing the word me ("eye ") to the Japanese, or baniine (ban = lt number") to the Chinese cardinal num- bers ; or else the word dai (" order ") may be prefixed and nothing added, or dai may be prefixed and bamme added, to the Chinese cardinal numbers. All such forms take the postposition no, " of," when preceding a noun, thus :
Futatsu-me iFutsuka-me, the second day.
Ni-bamme ,, j Ni-do-me. the second time.
T-> ; - the second.-^ A7 , _ , , ->
Dai m-ban Nan-cho-me ? what ward ?
Dai ni-bdmme) {Ni-chd-ine, the second ward.
Nan -go no sliitsu ni }
>* room in I What is the number
irasshaifiiasii ? I of your room (or cabin) ?
tlcizn-lo-be t )
Dai san-go ni on- , order three number in am I am in number three.
masii.
lida-maclii roku-clio-me f No. 20 of the 6th ward ni-ju-banchi. (C/'=" earth.") |of lida street.
167. Notwithstanding the existence of such forms as the above, the Japanese mind has not, properly speaking, a very clear idea of the distinction between cardinal
