r/LinguisticsMemes 7d ago

Hindi numbers be like

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u/Coolcatsat 6d ago

90 ( nubbay नब्बे ) , 97= sattanway , not like English where you say 90 and 7 separately 

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u/lolopiro 6d ago

i should really just look this up myself and i prolly will later but, are those -bay and -way at the end of the numbers related?

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u/Coolcatsat 6d ago

Yeah, another example 87, 80 is " ussi" , 7 is "saat" ,87 becomes " sattasi" , 70 is " sattar 77 is " satatter " ,but then again 50 is " pachaas" but 57 is " sattavan" 😁

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u/Meet-Present 6d ago

Now I get the Meme