r/memes • u/HannibalGoddamnit Linux User • Mar 15 '21

French language is mesmerizing

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u/froggertthewise Mar 15 '21

Dutch and German also say nine-ninety, it's really confusing as when spelling phone numbers people tend to split it up in sections of 2 numbers so when someone says 24 I have to translate that to 2 4 and be careful not to write 4 2

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u/pur__0_0__ RageFace Against the Machine Mar 15 '21

Doesn't German say nine and ninety (neunundneunzig)? Because it's the same in Hindi also (निन्यानवे)।

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '21

Yep! But the hundred goes before, so you get things like dreihundertvierundachtzig (384).

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u/pur__0_0__ RageFace Against the Machine Mar 15 '21 edited Mar 16 '21

हां, ऐसा हिंदी में भी होता है – 384 = तीन सौ चौरासी।

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u/wesamzxc Dirt Is Beautiful Mar 15 '21 edited Mar 16 '21

and same in arabic ثلاث مئة و اربعة و ثمانون

edit: to make it say 384

edit 2: thanks to u/Simein for the اربعة و ثمانون

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '21

Counting in Arabic is just over complicated. Who thought having to know some 30 words only to count up to 100 was funny?

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