Proposed definitions

su'o (PA)

At least (one).

su'e (PA)

At most (one).

za'u (PA)

More than (one).

me'i (PA)

Less than (all).

ji'i (PA)

Approximately.

ro (PA)

Each. All.

da'a (PA)

All except (one).

rau (PA)

Enough. The right number.

du'e (PA)

Too many. More than the right number.

mo'a (PA)

Too few. Less than the right number.

no'o (PA)

A vague number. Some number. A certain number.

Formal definitions

su'o PA	vei na'u zmadu ja dunli PA
su'e PA	vei na'u mleca ja dunli PA
za'u PA	vei na'u zmadu PA
me'i PA	vei na'u mleca PA
ji'i PA	vei na'u jibni PA
ro sumti	naku su'o sumti naku
da'a PA sumti	PA sumti naku
rau	vei ni'e drani
du'e	za'u rau
mo'a	me'i rau
no'o	vei ni'e namcu

Quantifiers

definite	no pa re ci vo mu xa ze bi ... da'aci da'are da'apa ro
scalar	no [...so'u...][...so'o...][...so'i...][...so'e...][...so'a...] ro
generic	no [..................... no'o .....................] ro
subjective	[... mo'a ...] [... rau ...] [... du'e ...]

ranges
su'o PA	................. [PA ...................]
za'u PA	................. PA [...................]
su'e PA	[................ PA] ....................
me'i PA	[................] PA ....................
ji'i PA	............. [... PA ...] ...............

da'a
da'a da'a PA	PA
da'a ro	no
da'a so'a	so'u
da'a so'e	so'o
da'a so'i	so'i
da'a so'o	so'e
da'a so'u	so'a
da'a no	ro
da'a rau	rau
da'a du'e	mo'a
da'a mo'a	du'e
da'a no'o	no'o
da'a su'o PA	su'e da'a PA
da'a su'e PA	su'o da'a PA
da'a za'u PA	me'i da'a PA
da'a me'i PA	za'u da'a PA
da'a ji'i PA	ji'i da'a PA

All definite quantifiers can be defined in terms of su'o:

su'o N+1 da zo'u da broda	su'o da su'o N de zo'u ge da na du de gi da .e de broda
za'u N da	su'o N+1 da
su'e N da	naku za'u N da
me'i N da	naku su'o N da
N da	su'o N da .e su'e N da
da'a Q da	Q da naku

In particular:

no da = me'ipa da = naku su'o da
ro da = da'ano da = no da naku = naku su'o da naku

All of the definitions hold for restricted da (i.e. da poi broda) as well. Then we have:

su'o da poi broda cu brode	su'o da zo'u da broda gi'e brode
su'o N da poi broda cu brode	su'o N da zo'u da broda gi'e brode
za'u N da poi broda cu brode	za'u N da zo'u da broda gi'e brode
su'e N da poi broda cu brode	su'e N da zo'u da broda gi'e brode
me'i N da poi broda cu brode	me'i N da zo'u da broda gi'e brode
N da poi broda cu brode	N da zo'u da broda gi'e brode
da'a Q da poi broda cu brode	da'a Q da zo'u da broda nagi'a brode

• The general form of a simple quantifier is:

where:

range = su'o | su'e | za'u | me'i | ji'i
indefinite = ro | so'a | so'e | so'i | so'o | so'u | no | du'e | rau | mo'a | no'o
definite = pa | re | ci | vo | mu | xa | ze | bi | so | pano | ... | ki'o | ... | ci'i

(no is among the indefinites just for convenience.)

Each component is optional. When the final component, definite or indefinite, is missing, a default value is understood: the default is pa in the case of su'o, su'e, za'u and da'a; ro in the case of me'i; and a vague number (perhaps no'o) in the case of ji'i.

• When two simple quantifiers as defined above are used one after the other, then if it gives no contradiction they are interpreted as if joined with .e:

ro ci broda
all three brodas, all brodas and three brodas.

rau su'o mu broda
enough at least five brodas, enough brodas and at least five brodas.

su'o ci su'e bi broda
at least three at most eight brodas
at least three brodas and at most eight brodas
between three and eight brodas (inclusive)

• When two simple quantifiers are used one after the other, and joining them with .e would give a contradiction, they are interpreted as if joined with .a:

me'i ci za'u ci broda
less than three more than three brodas
less than three brodas or more than three brodas
i.e. other than three brodas

mo'a du'e broda
too few too many brodas
too few brodas or too many brodas
the wrong number of brodas

Quantifiers with fi'u

The general form of a fi'u-quantifier is:

{Q1 fi'u Q2} is the proportional quantifier "Q1 out of every Q2":

re fi'u ci broda
Two out of every three brodas.
Two thirds of brodas.

za'u vo fi'u mu broda
More than four out of every five brodas.
More than four fifths of brodas.

Using indefinites with this format does not seem to make much sense.

Quantifiers with fi'u ro

The general form of a fi'u ro-quantifier is:

{Q1 fi'u ro Q2} is "Q1 out of all Q2", i.e. it is equivalent to Q1, plus the specification of the value of "all".

du'a fi'u ro muno broda
Too many out of all 50 broda.
Too many broda, of which there are 50 in all.

Quantifiers with pi and ce'i

These have the general forms:

where {definite fi'u definite} has been replaced by its decimal or percentage equivalent. So {ci fi'u vo} is {pi zemu} or {zemu ce'i}.

za'u pimu broda
More than half of all brodas.

da'a cirepimu ce'i broda
All but 32.5% of brodas.

Indefinite quantifiers with pi

The effect is to make the quantifier non-distributive.