laurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 1 month ago70=sixty-ten / 80=four-twenties / 90= four-twenty-tenlemmy.worldimagemessage-square156linkfedilinkarrow-up1336arrow-down114
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minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 month agoJust ask the Danish how to “calculate” their word for 90, and you will consider the French approach simplicistic.
minus-squaredaddycool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month ago90 = Half fives. 50 = Half sixty. 70 = Half (I don’t even know how to translate this)
minus-squarekungen@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoHuh? 50 is halvtreds (20 * 2.5) 70 is actually halvfjerdensindstyve, literally “half to the four(th20) times 20”. So the base number (20) * 3.5… The problem is, Danish people can’t understand each other even with the simplest of words, so they just say halvfjerds.
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month ago70 = halfway to the fourth twenty In other words, three twenties are 60, four twenties are 80, halfway between them is 70. Same for the other ones: 50 is halfway to the third twenty, 90 is half more than the fourth twenty.
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month agoIn a way, Danish is more clear than French, because all numbers between 50 and 90 are based on the vigesimal (base-20) system.
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 month agoOh yea, “half to five” aka 4.5 times 20. Very intuitive…
Just ask the Danish how to “calculate” their word for 90, and you will consider the French approach simplicistic.
90 = Half fives.
50 = Half sixty.
70 = Half (I don’t even know how to translate this)
Huh? 50 is halvtreds (20 * 2.5)
70 is actually halvfjerdensindstyve, literally “half to the four(th20) times 20”. So the base number (20) * 3.5…
The problem is, Danish people can’t understand each other even with the simplest of words, so they just say halvfjerds.
70 = halfway to the fourth twenty
In other words, three twenties are 60, four twenties are 80, halfway between them is 70.
Same for the other ones: 50 is halfway to the third twenty, 90 is half more than the fourth twenty.
In a way, Danish is more clear than French, because all numbers between 50 and 90 are based on the vigesimal (base-20) system.
Oh yea, “half to five” aka 4.5 times 20. Very intuitive…