Gollum to Europe@feddit.deEnglish • 2 years agoHow to say the number 92i.imgur.comimagemessage-square163fedilinkarrow-up1649arrow-down111 cross-posted to: mapporn@lemmy.world
arrow-up1638arrow-down1imageHow to say the number 92i.imgur.comGollum to Europe@feddit.deEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square163fedilink cross-posted to: mapporn@lemmy.world
minus-square@FilthyShrooms@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish76•edit-22 years ago Also: the green (at least with English) should be (9 × 10) + 2
minus-square@PM_ME_FEET_PICS@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish39•2 years agoEnglish is 90 + 2. Ninety is its own distinct word. French is similar to English (base ten) but after 60 it gets weird and then at 80 switches to base 20 until 99. 70 in French is 60 + 10 80 and above in French is 4 × 20 + what ever number is needed to get there.
minus-square@pinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish11•edit-22 years agoSo to say 102 in French, you’d say four-times-twenty-plus-twenty-two. I don’t believe you. EDIT: What in the actual fuck. You were right. 😳
minus-squarewkklinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years ago102 is “hundred-two” so it’s only weird for 70 “sixty-ten”, 80 “four-twenty” and 90 “four-twenty-ten”… But the way I learned it each was like it’s own word, even if it’s not. Just don’t think about it too much!
minus-square@pinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoWhy don’t they have separate words for seventy, eighty and ninety?
minus-square@zerofk@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years agoThey do, but they’re only used in some regions. Septante, huitante, nonante.
minus-square@pinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years agoWhy are they only used in some regions? Is it like a French redneck thing or a French poncy thing or…?
minus-square@zerofk@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish6•2 years agoI honestly don’t know the history. I just know that Belgian French uses septante and nonante, Swiss French uses huitante as well. I think it’s more comparable to the vocabulary differences between for example American and British English.
minus-squaresetVeryLoud(true);linkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-22 years agoIn Belgium, it’s Septante, Huitante, and Nonante.
minus-square@LaChaleurDeLaNuit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoNonante, not neuvante but yes. In Switzerland and Québec too if I’m not mistaken.
minus-square@ShiroTheSniper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-22 years agoIn Quebec it’s: 60: 60, 70: 60 10, 71: 60 11, 77: 60 10 7, 78: 60 10 8, 79: 60 10 9, 80: 4 20 (hehe), 81: 4 20 1, 90: 4 20 10, 97: 4 20 10 7, 98: 4 20 10 8, 99: 4 20 10 9
minus-square@Sigmatics@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoSeriously, french counting from 20 to 99 is fucked up seven ways sideways… what were they thinking
Also: the green (at least with English) should be (9 × 10) + 2
English is 90 + 2. Ninety is its own distinct word.
French is similar to English (base ten) but after 60 it gets weird and then at 80 switches to base 20 until 99.
70 in French is 60 + 10 80 and above in French is 4 × 20 + what ever number is needed to get there.
So to say 102 in French, you’d say four-times-twenty-plus-twenty-two.
I don’t believe you.
EDIT: What in the actual fuck. You were right. 😳
102 is “hundred-two” so it’s only weird for 70 “sixty-ten”, 80 “four-twenty” and 90 “four-twenty-ten”…
But the way I learned it each was like it’s own word, even if it’s not. Just don’t think about it too much!
Why don’t they have separate words for seventy, eighty and ninety?
They do, but they’re only used in some regions. Septante, huitante, nonante.
Why are they only used in some regions? Is it like a French redneck thing or a French poncy thing or…?
I honestly don’t know the history. I just know that Belgian French uses septante and nonante, Swiss French uses huitante as well. I think it’s more comparable to the vocabulary differences between for example American and British English.
In Belgium, it’s Septante, Huitante, and Nonante.
Nonante, not neuvante but yes. In Switzerland and Québec too if I’m not mistaken.
In Quebec it’s: 60: 60, 70: 60 10, 71: 60 11, 77: 60 10 7, 78: 60 10 8, 79: 60 10 9, 80: 4 20 (hehe), 81: 4 20 1, 90: 4 20 10, 97: 4 20 10 7, 98: 4 20 10 8, 99: 4 20 10 9
Ah comme en France alors !
Don’t you dish French in Quebec?
In spanish is also 90 + 2
Seriously, french counting from 20 to 99 is fucked up seven ways sideways… what were they thinking
nine ten? (nineteen ;) )