diff --git a/gen/hood/invite.hoon b/gen/hood/invite.hoon
index a14d237e8c..01a8667221 100644
--- a/gen/hood/invite.hoon
+++ b/gen/hood/invite.hoon
@@ -9,11 +9,33 @@
 /+  womb
 =*  invite     invite:womb
 =*  reference  reference:womb
+|%
+++  plural
+  |=  {a/@u b/tape}  ^+  b
+  ?:  =(1 a)  "one {b}"
+  =;  n/tape  "{n} {b}s"
+  ~|  plural-stub+a  ::TODO expand
+  %-  trip
+  %+  snag  a  ^~
+  %+  weld
+    /no/''/two/three/four/five/six/seven/eight/nine/ten/elven/twelve
+  /thirteen/fourteen/fifteen/sixteen/seventeen/eighteen/nineteen/twenty
+::
+++  type  $%({$planets planets/@u} {$stars stars/@u})
+--
 :-  %say
 |=  $:  {now/@da eny/@uvJ bec/beak}
-        {{who/@t $~} ref/(unit (each ship mail:womb)) sta/@}
+        {{who/@t etc/$@($~ {typ/type $~})} ref/(unit (each ship mail:womb))}
     ==
+?~  etc  $(etc ~[planets+2])
 :-  %womb-invite
 ^-  {cord reference invite}
 =+  inv=(scot %uv (end 7 1 eny))
-[inv ref [who 10 sta "You have been invited to Urbit: {(trip inv)}" "This is an invite of 10 planets"]]
+=;  d/[planets=@u stars=@u inf=tape]
+  [inv ref [who planets.d stars.d "Your invite for {inf.d}: {(trip inv)}" ~]]
+::
+?:  =(0 +.typ.etc)  ~|(%empty-invite !!)
+?-  -.typ.etc
+  $stars    [planets=0 stars.typ.etc (plural stars.typ.etc "star")]
+  $planets  [planets.typ.etc stars=0 (plural planets.typ.etc "planet")]
+==