By The Numbers 5: Hundreds and Thousands

Having previously looked at the number-forming elements for tens (maH), hundreds (vatlh), thousands (SaD and SanID) and tens of thousands (netlh), now it's time to look at the number-forming element for hundreds of thousands:-

bIp hundred thousand

Here are the numbers for numbers in the hundred thousands from 100,000 to 900,000.

wa'bIp	100,000
cha'bIp	200,000
wejbIp	300,000
loSbIp	400,000
vaghbIp	500,000
javbIp	600,000
SochbIp	700,000
chorghbIp	800,000
HutbIp	900,000

Handling Big Numbers

At this stage, it might be quicker for you to recite the digits of each number rather than have to remember "Is vatlh the numbers-forming element, or is it netlh?"

Next time you have a number such as 832,647 it might be quicker for you to recite the digits - chorgh wej cha' jav loS Soch - rather than chorghbIp wejnetlh cha'SaD javvatlh loSmaH Soch - as long as you remember that, in reciting the digits, you have to include each zero - 802,701 is pronounced chorgh pagh cha' Soch pagh wa'.

Of course, this is how you read out telephone numbers. Telephone is ghogh HablI', and telephone number ghogh HablI' mI'.

And so to the big numbers.

wa'bIp wa'	100,001
wa'bIp wa'netlh chorghvatlh chorghmaH Hut	110,889
wa'bIp cha'netlh wejSanID loSvatlh vaghmaH jav	123,456
wa'bIp Sochnetlh wejSaD vaghvatlh javmaH	173,560
cha'bIp loSvatlh wa'	200,401
wejbIp vaghSanID javvatlh chorgh	305,608
loSbIp wejnetlh	430,000
vaghbIp vaghSanID vaghmaH	505,050
javbIp vaghnetlh loSSaD wejvatlh cha'maH wa'	654,321
SochbIp vaghnetlh wejSaD vaghvatlh wa'maH cha'	793,512
SochbIp Hutnetlh cha'SaD Sochvatlh HutmaH cha'	792,792
chorghbIp wejnetlh wejSaD vaghvatlh javmaH Hut	833.569
HutbIp Hutnetlh chorghSanID wa'	998,001
HutbIp Hutnetlh HutSanID Hutvatlh HutmaH wej	998,001
HutbIp Hutnetlh HutSanID Hutvatlh HutmaH Hut	999,999

Next: millions.