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Num > V
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Verbal conversion from a numeral is very rare, only a few examples can be found. One is fjouwer four, from which the verb fjouwerje to gallop is derived.

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There are only a few examples in which a numeral has been converted to a verb. Worth mentioning are fjouwer four > fjouwerje to gallop and ienentweintich twenty-one > ienentweintigje to play blackjack. Note that these verbs, as is usual with cases of verbal conversion, belong to the weak class II.

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Literature

This topic is based on Hoekstra (1998:152).

References
  • Hoekstra, Jarich1998Fryske wurdfoarmingLjouwertFryske Akademy
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