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How to say the number 92 (i.imgur.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In Finnish, the numbers 11–19 are (the number for 1–9) + “toista”, lit. “of the second (ten)”. So 11 is yksitoista, “one of the second (ten)”. That system is only used for 11–19. Bigger than that is tens + number, e.g. 21 kaksikymmentä yksi (two tens and one).

The Finnish word for “teen” is “teini”, which is a loanword from English. The native word for a person that’s not a child nor an adult is “nuori” lit. “a young”.

[–] Rouxibeau 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Japanese is 1 (ichi), 2 (ni), ...,10 (juu), 10+1 (juu-ichi), 10+2 (juu-ni), ..., 21 (ni-juu-ichi)..., 92 (kyu-juu-ni)..., 100 (hyaku)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Yeah, the numbers look all nice and orderly in the abstract until you need to use them for something in the real world...