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==Symbols and terminology== ===Numbers 0 - 25=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Decimal number !! D'ni symbol !! D'ni word !! Transliteration |- | 0 || <dni>0</dni> || <dni>rUn</dni> || ''roon'' |- | 1 || <dni>1</dni> || <dni>fa</dni> || ''fah'' |- | 2 || <dni>2</dni> || <dni>brE</dni> || ''bree'' |- | 3 || <dni>3</dni> || <dni>sen</dni> || ''sen'' |- | 4 || <dni>4</dni> || <dni>tor</dni> || ''tor'' |- | 5 || <dni>5</dni> || <dni>vat</dni> || ''vaht'' |- | 6 || <dni>6</dni> || <dni>vagafa</dni> || ''vahgahfah'' (five-and-one) |- | 7 || <dni>7</dni> || <dni>vagabrE</dni> || ''vahgahbree'' |- | 8 || <dni>8</dni> || <dni>vagasen</dni> || ''vahgahsen'' |- | 9 || <dni>9</dni> || <dni>vagator</dni> || ''vahgahtor'' |- | 10 || <dni>)</dni> || <dni>nAvU</dni> || ''nayvoo'' |- | 11 || <dni>!</dni> || <dni>nAgafa</dni> || ''naygahfah'' |- | 12 || <dni>@</dni> || <dni>nAgabrE</dni> || ''naygahbree'' |- | 13 || <dni>#</dni> || <dni>nAgasen</dni> || ''naygahsen'' |- | 14 || <dni>$</dni> || <dni>nAgator</dni> || ''naygahtor'' |- | 15 || <dni>%</dni> || <dni>hEbor</dni> || ''heebor'' |- | 16 || <dni>^</dni> || <dni>hEgafa</dni> || ''heegahfah'' |- | 17 || <dni>&</dni> || <dni>hEgabrE</dni> || ''heegahbree'' |- | 18 || <dni>*</dni> || <dni>hEgasen</dni> || ''heegahsen'' |- | 19 || <dni>(</dni> || <dni>hEgator</dni> || ''heegahtor'' |- | 20 || <dni>[</dni> || <dni>riS</dni> || ''rish'' |- | 21 || <dni>]</dni> || <dni>rigafa</dni> || ''rigahfah'' |- | 22 || <dni>\</dni> || <dni>rigabrE</dni> || ''rigahbree'' |- | 23 || <dni>{</dni> || <dni>rigasen</dni> || ''rigahsen'' |- | 24 || <dni>}</dni> || <dni>rigator</dni> || ''rigahtor'' |- | 25 || <dni>|</dni> || <dni>fasE</dni> || ''fahsee'' |} The single-digit symbol for 25 was used for special occasions and shorthand, much like we use the Roman numeral "X" for ten. Typically, the D'ni would use <dni>10</dni> to write 25. There is also a "wrapped zero" character (<dni>=</dni> ) used for cyclic sequences, such as clock faces, which would count from 0 through 24 and then wrap back to zero, and an "infinity" symbol (<dni>+</dni> ). ===Powers of 25=== Just as we have terms for tens, hundreds, thousands, etc., so the D'ni also had names for each power of 25. {| class="wikitable" |- ! Power of 25 !! Base-10 value !! D'ni place value !! D'ni word !! Transliteration |- | 25<sup>0</sup> || 1 || <dni>1</dni> || <dni>fa</dni> || ''fah'' |- | 25<sup>1</sup> || 25 || <dni>10</dni> || <dni>fasE</dni> || ''fahsee'' |- | 25<sup>2</sup> || 625 || <dni>100</dni> || <dni>fara</dni> || ''fahrah'' |- | 25<sup>3</sup> || 15,625 || <dni>1000</dni> || <dni>falen</dni> || ''fahlen'' |- | 25<sup>4</sup> || 390,625 || <dni>10000</dni> || <dni>famel</dni> || ''fahmel'' |- | 25<sup>5</sup> || 9,765,625 || <dni>100000</dni> || <dni>fablO</dni> || ''fahblo'' |} ===Reading numbers=== The place values above can be directly compared to the words used in English to indicate our place values. For instance, 100 is "one hundred." Similarly, in D'ni, "''fahsee''" (<dni>fasE</dni>) means "one twenty-five." To indicate larger sums within that place value (such as, for example, fifty), you would say "''breesee''" (<dni>brEsE</dni>), or "two twenty-fives." When reading long numbers, you read them left to right in a string. For example, 233 (<dni>98</dni>) would be spoken as "''vahgahtorsee vahgahsen''" (<dni>vagatorsE vagasen</dni>), or "nine twenty-five, eight," just as we say "two hundred thirty-three" in English.
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