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Getting a bit off topic I guess, but in Danish you do the same AND also have base 20 for numbers over 40 and less than 100. So for example (roughly translated)
by JoachimS 5y ago
Getting a bit off topic I guess, but in Danish you do the same AND also have base 20 for numbers over 40 and less than 100. So for example (roughly translated) is 65 "five and half of thirty". And even harder, for odd tens you get them by taking half of the base 20 number. So 55 is "five and half of thirty".
https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/counting-in-danish https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/counting-in-danish
- dandellion 5y ago> is 65 "five and half of thirty". And even harder (...) 55 is "five and half of thirty". So you call any number "five and half of thirty"? That sounds pretty easy to be honest.
- JoachimS 5y agoOops. I meant "five and thirty" for 65. and "five and half thirty" for 55.
- kzrdude 5y agoMaybe 65 should be explained as said like "five and threesh" where "threesh" is implicitly/shortened for "three times 20". So we say: 5 + 3 x 20, but in a terse encoding. Yes, 55 is "half threesh" in the same way, that is we say 5 + half 3 x 20, but half 3 == 2.5, of course!
- JoachimS 5y agoMuch better explanation, thanks!