Number and Case Agreement

Background

Two words (minutes & participants) are used in combination with numbers. Depending on the language, these words may need to change their case to match the associated number.

Here are some examples:

• Turkish: 0 dakika, 1 dakika, 2 dakika (no change)
• English: 0 minutes, 1 minute, 2 minutes
• French: 0 minute, 1 minute, 2 minutes
• Ukrainian: 0 хвилин, 1 хвилина, 2, 3 or 4 хвилини, 5 хвилин

Where the words are used

Minutes

Translation key: SESSION_PICKER.minute.cases. Used in: SESSION_PICKER.minutes

Translation key: PROGRAM.time.minute.cases. Used in: PROGRAM.time.minutes_before and PROGRAM.time.minutes_after

Participants

Translation key: PROGRAM.counter.participant.cases

Translation key: PARTICIPANTS.heading.cases

How to specify cases

Here are examples on how to specify cases in translation keys:

No change in case (e.g. Turkish)

else: dakika

Singular & plural cases (e.g. English)

one: minute
else: minutes

Zero, singular & plural cases (e.g. French)

zero: minute
one: minute
else: minutes

Eastern Slavic cases (e.g. Ukrainian & Russian)

rules: slavic
one: хвилина
two_three_four: хвилини
else: хвилин

The slavic rules are as follows:

• If the number ends 1, the one case is used, except if the number ends in 11 then the else case is used.
• If the number ends in 2, 3 or 4, the two_three_four case is used, except if the number ends in 12, 13 or 14 then the else case is used.
• For all other numbers, the else case is used.

Arabic cases

rules: arabic
two: دقيقتان
three_to_ten: دقائق
else: دقيقة

The arabic rules are as follows:

• If the number is 2, the two case is used.
• If the number ends in 03 through 10, the three_to_ten case is used.
• For all other numbers, the else case is used.