Sanskrit plural forms

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Thanks Jeroen T. Vermeulen, that solved my question.

Actually, I ought to mention that in Sanskrit, "zero" is treated as singular, not plural, so "0 files" would be expressed with the equivalent of "No file". (It's like the Dutch "geen".)

The formula you gave uses the plural for the number zero. Should that be changed?

On second thoughts, perhaps it's best to have a separate form for number zero. The best way to say "0 files" seems to be "an absence of files".

In other languages it's also quite unnatural to write "0 items," when you think about it. The awkwardness turns out to be acceptable, and language adapts to practicalities.

A good reason not to add a "zero form" is that we use C-style formatting to include numbers in number-sensitive strings: "%d file" / "%d files". The translation UI tries to check that the use of "%d" etc. is consistent across translations, so translating as "no file" / "%d file" / "%d files" would cause errors. You have to have the number in there.

If that's the case, I think we should have zero as plural. That way I can use the partitive genitive, and say "0 of files", "3 of files", etc., but "1 file" and "2 files (dual)".