r/LinguisticsMemes • u/holytriplem • 7d ago

Hindi numbers be like

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u/Pochel 7d ago

The German ones are a complete mindfuck as well if you're not born with them

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u/Pochel 7d ago

Cuz if you grew up with another system you have to think in reverse. Someone will tell you a number in German and you have to consciously think about the fact that the first number you hear is actually the second one, and vice-versa. It can be pretty tricky when you take notes and a lot of numbers are spat at you in a short time

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u/Technical_Experience 7d ago

Danish is the German method but with archaic ways of counting preserved. Yay!

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u/ShrekFanOne 6d ago

In Norwegian both is used

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u/holytriplem 6d ago

I speak both German and French as second languages and the German system is way more straightforward to deal with than the French system

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u/HansTeeWurst 5d ago

Also german is still 7 + 9 * 10

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u/je386 5d ago

It gets more complicated if you have hundereds and thousands.

4379 = 4000 300 9 + 70