NumType : numeral type

In Turkish numbers can be cardinal, ordinal or distributive. We also mark the interrogative kaç “how many” as a number, which inflects the same way the numbers are inflected and can become ordinal or distributive.

Card: cardinal number or corresponding interrogative

Examples

• 1, 2, 3
• bir, iki, üç “one, two, three”
• kaç kitap okudun “how many books did your read”

Ord: ordinal number or corresponding interrogative

In some languages, this is a subtype of adjective or adverb. In Turkish, we mark the ordinal numerals as NUM.

Ordinal numerals are formed by the suffix -IncI. A period following a numeral may also indicate ordinal use of the number.

Examples

• 1., 2., 3.
• birinci, ikinci, üçüncü “first, second, third”
• kaçıncı kitabı okudun “which (of a series) book did your read” (answer should be something like ikinci “(the) second”)

Dist: distributive numeral

Used to express that the same quantity is distributed to each member in a set of targets.

Distributive numerals are formed by the suffix -(ş)Ar.

Examples

• birer, ikişer, üçer “one each, two each, three each”
• kaçar kitap okudunuz “how many books have you each read”