Do danes really have to do these bizarre multiplications in their head to say a simple number?
>>220793278Ours is actually 9x10+2, nine tens two. There's no word for 90.
For some reason, 2+90 bothers me more than 4x20+12.
>>220793497Same.
>>220793278I've heard that Danish uses a normal word for ninety, but the word somehow originated from the equation 4.5x20. French is by far the weirdest one, as they literally say "four twenty twelve"
>>220793278>t.
>>220793278True Quatre-vingt-douze
>>220793278the german way of saying is similar to arabic which is imteresting
>>220793936For some bizarre reason both the French swiss and Belgians say nonante instead
>>220793278There is no way that's what they say in danishCan someone explain it?
>>220793278Devetdeset i dveNine-tens and twothat's what we call it
>>220794673halvfemsClipping of halvfemsindstyve.Older form of halvfems. From halvfemte (“four and a half”, literally “half fifth”) + sinde (“times”) + tyve (“twenty”).they really do sort of t. wiktionary
>>220793497same. 90 is nouăzeci which is literally nine tens
>>220793278>4x20+12Same in Basque: laurogeita hamabi
>>220793278it's not really bizzare multiplication, they're just using base 20 for their numbers instead of base 10>In several European languages like French and Danish, 20 is used as a base, at least with respect to the linguistic structure of the names of certain numbers (though a thoroughgoing consistent vigesimal system, based on the powers 20, 400, 8000 etc., is not generally used). The Celtic languages use a base 20 counting system, and French having extensive influence from Gaulish also uses a base 20 system. Most variations of French in the modern day uses a hybrid system, with more numbers in Quebec and Wallonia being base 20. In other regions like French Switzerland base 20 is exclusively used.
>>220793278What the fuck is wrong with the french
