Numerical Suffixes: - DIch and -logh

tlhIngan Hol uses two special suffixes, only found with numbers, to describe first, second, third ... and once, twice, three times ..., and so on.

-DIch ordinal numbers suffix

The numbers wa', cha', wej and so on are called cardinal numbers. Ordinal numbers are numbers describing first, second, third and so on.

wa'	1
cha'	2
wej	3
wa'maH	10
wa'vatlh wa'	101

become

wa'DIch	first
cha'DIch	second
wejDIch	third
wa'maHDIch	tenth
wa'vatlh wa'DIch	hundred and first

-logh repetition suffix

The suffix -logh is used to describe once, twice, three times and so on.

wa'logh	once
cha'logh	twice
wejlogh	three times
wa'maHlogh	ten times
wa'vatlh wa'logh	a hundred and one times

Usage

-DIch:- Ordinal numbers follow the noun.

paw meb wa'DIch	The first guest is arriving
jagh cha'DIch'e' neH DaHoHnIS	You must kill only the second enemy
jagh wa'SanIDDIch vIHoH rIntaH	I have slain my one thousandth enemy
mIw wa'DIch 'oH Dochvam'e'	This is the first step/ (in a procedure)
wej lut 'ay' wejDIch DalaDpu''a'	Have you not read the third part of the story yet?

Note: mIw means step (n) or stage (n) in a procedure; for instance, mIw wa' Step one, mIw wa'DIch The first step.

'ay' means section, part, component, piece (n); 'ay' wa' can mean Part One. In the case of a written book, 'ay' wa' can mean Chapter One, and so on.

Other terms to look for:-

HochHom means most, greater part (n), and 'op means some (n):-

jagh mang HochHom vIjey rIntaH	I have defeated most of the enemy army
paqvam 'ay' neH vIlaD	I have read only a part of this book
paqvam wa' 'ay' neH vIlaD	I have read only one chapter of this book
paqvam 'ay' wa' neH vIlaD	I have read only Chapter One of this book
paqvam 'op vIlaD	I have read some of this book
paqvam HochHom vIlaD	I have read most of this book

-logh:- Numbers which take the -logh suffix are used in a sentence like adverbials.

wa'logh neH jagh yIqIpQo'!	Don't just hit the enemy once!
wejlogh Dochvam vIta'nIS jay!	Three damned times, I've had to do this!