nasin pu has only four number words: ala for 0, wan for 1, tu for 2, and mute for anything 3 or above.
nasin nanpa pona is the same thing, but for 3, you write tu wan, followed by tu tu for 4, and then luka for 5. append the previous numbers after it, until luka luka at 10. keep going until you hit 20, which is mute︁. then, continue until hitting 100 at al[e/i] . from there, instead of stacking the word al[e/i] a comically large number of times, you put another number before it as a multiplier (tu al[e/i] is equal to 200). sounds complicated, but it's really intuitive.
this other weird base-10 numbering system that I couldn’t quite find the name for in which ijo = 0, wan = 1, tu = 2, seli = 3, awen = 4, luka = 5, utala = 6, mun = 7, pipi = 8, and jo = 9, and they function as digits. kasi functions as a colon in time measurement, and I don’t rememeber what the decimal point is.
There’s also nasin tenpo Kamalu, which you should really check out! Also here’s a converter if you ain’t readin’ allat. I personally think it’s a great measuring system! Although it doesn’t measure time of day to my knowledge, so if it doesn’t (I’m too lazy to check, one might even say I’m the “lazy dog”), you can just use the weird base-10 method above.
ALSO I ALMOST FORGOT TO MENTION USE SQUARE BRACKETS FOR CARTOUCHES IN THESE FONTS AAA
examples:
jan tu li tawa. = Two people go.
luka luka li luka e luka mi. = Five hands feel my hand.
tenpo ni li tenpo IPKAL. = This time is 08:45.
now it’s your turn!
Now is day nimi sin poka pi kala weka (23 May 2026). =