After studying French for 2 years, I still didn't get the hang of their number system

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After studying French for 2 years, I still didn't get the hang of their number system

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fell_equinox · 7 years ago · FIRST

@yukihaki
Explain plz

deleted · 7 years ago

I ... Don't know ?
We were probably high af when we made that lol

kouyaaotsuki · 7 years ago

The Chinese system was much more simpler: once you memorise the numbers one to ten you can basically form any number up to 99, then you'll need to memorise 100, the you can go up to 999

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guest · 7 years ago

Try Danish:
Eight and fourty, nine and fourty, three twenties but one half way (halvtreds), one and three twenties but one half way, ...
... nine and three twenties (69), four twenties but one half way (4x20-10=70=halvfjerds), one and four twenties but one half way, ...
See www.olestig.dk/dansk/numbers.html

norwegiangirl · 7 years ago

As a Norwegian, I always have to have the people working in shops tell me the price in English, unless it comes up on a screen. It's totally impossible for me to wrap my head around

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third · 7 years ago

Shouldn't it be "four twenties and a one?"

shiwan · 7 years ago

Quatre-vingt-un. No and.

shiftingsands · 7 years ago

At least in French numbers don't decline like Slavic languages

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After studying French for 2 years, I still didn't get the hang of their number system

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