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Well, I'm not a native speaker. All I can say is it was crystal clear to me when I began learning English at age ten.
by interfixus 7y ago
Well, I'm not a native speaker. All I can say is it was crystal clear to me when I began learning English at age ten.
- svachalek 7y agoAs a native speaker I'm with you. Always seemed pretty obvious to me too, especially above 5 with six-ty seven-ty etc. To be fair though, Chinese says/writes 15 as ten-five which is much more obvious than the difference between five-ty and five-teen. It's interesting in spoken English the emphasis flips between first to second syllable though.
- rtkwe 7y agoIt's not super hidden but you also already understood numbers at that age too presumably so you already had most of the puzzle. As a native speaker I don't think I ever broke the words down like that or had them broken down to me like that (then again this would have been ages ago so maybe it was and I don't remember).