laurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 3 天前70=sixty-ten / 80=four-twenties / 90= four-twenty-tenlemmy.worldimagemessage-square156fedilinkarrow-up1332
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minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 天前Just ask the Danish how to “calculate” their word for 90, and you will consider the French approach simplicistic.
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 天前In 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-up3·1 天前Oh yea, “half to five” aka 4.5 times 20. Very intuitive…
minus-squaredaddycool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-22 天前90 = Half fives. 50 = Half sixty. 70 = Half (I don’t even know how to translate this)
minus-squarekungen@feddit.nulinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 天前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.
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 天前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.
Just ask the Danish how to “calculate” their word for 90, and you will consider the French approach simplicistic.
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…
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.