# TODO

Todo list for the numerals-base package

### Resources

Useful resources:

- [Number Systems of the World](http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/~ts/language/number.html)
- [Of Languages and Numbers](http://www.languagesandnumbers.com)
- [Word numbers, Part 1: Billion approaches](http://conway.rutgers.edu/~ccshan/wiki/blog/posts/WordNumbers1/)

### Cardinal numerals

How many items - one, two, three

### Ordinal numerals

Position - first, second, third.

- en   1 = first
- en   2 = second
- en  32 = thirty-second
- nl   8 = achtste
- nl   9 = negende
- nl  89 = negenentachtigste

### Partitive numerals

Expresses a fraction - half, third, quarter.

- en 1÷2 = half
- en 2÷3 = two thirds
- nl 2÷3 = twee derden
- nl 3÷4 = drie kwart

### Decimals

Fractions of powers of ten

- en 0.7   = seven-tenths
- en 0.065 = sixty-five thousanths
- nl 0.28  = achtentwintig honderdsten

### Multiplicative numerals

How many times - once, twice, thrice.

- en   1 = once
- en   2 = twice
- en   3 = thrice
- en [4..] = undefined - or use a convention like "four times, five times, etc."

### Distributive numerals

Expresses a group of the number specified: In pairs, by the
dozen. English does not have distributive numerals for these but other
languages such as Georgian do.