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Article Harmonization
Kryptonian articles harmonize with noun pluralities & quantitatives. Please see the plurality harmonization section of the Articles page for more detailed information.

Relative Quantifiers

Relative quantities in Kryptonian are indicated with a noun suffix.

uju
Kryptonese / uju /  :: 
IPA [ u.ʤu ]  :: 
Font uju
Description: every / all
use
Kryptonese / use /  :: 
IPA [ u.se ]  :: 
Font use
Description: most
u
Kryptonese / u /  :: 
IPA [ u ]  :: 
Font u
Description: many / much
a
Kryptonese / ah /  :: 
IPA [ ɑ ]  :: 
Font a
Description: few / little
aja
Kryptonese / ahjah /  :: 
IPA [ ɑ.ʤɑ ]  :: 
Font aja
Description: none

These suffixes can be used with both mass and count nouns.

Count Nouns

Translation     Gloss: Open Pop-up
cas 
/ chahs /
[ ʧɑs ]
table
casaja 
/ chahsahjah /
[ ʧɑs.ɑ.ʤɑ ]
no tables
casa 
/ chahsah /
[ ʧɑs.ɑ ]
few tables
casu 
/ chahsu /
[ ʧɑs.u ]
many tables
casuse 
/ chahsuse /
[ ʧɑs.u.se ]
most tables
casuju 
/ chahsuju /
[ ʧɑs.u.ʤu ]
every table
table, no tables, few tables, many tables, most tables, every table

Mass Nouns

Translation     Gloss: Open Pop-up
ek 
/ ehk /
[ ɛk ]
water
ekaja 
/ ehkahjah /
[ ɛk.ɑ.ʤɑ ]
no water
eka 
/ ehkah /
[ ɛk.ɑ ]
little water
eku 
/ ehku /
[ ɛk.u ]
much water
ekuse 
/ ehkuse /
[ ɛk.u.se ]
most of the water
ekuju 
/ ehkuju /
[ ɛk.u.ʤu ]
all of the water
water, no water, little water, much water, most of the water, all of the water

Though they behave slightly differently than the plurality suffixes, both the quantitatives and the plurals are all considered part of the same continuum. Thus, the quantifier suffixes are never used in conjunction with the plural suffixes.