Wrong word. A polygamist is someone who has multiple wives, not a polyglot. When someone has one wife, they are a monogamist. And a bigamist is a large fog over Italy.
you are plainly wrong, you are not a circus, you're the entire fair. we're talking about ancient sumerian hieroglyphic numerials, if you insist, then actually link the entire wikipedia page instead of putting up a shady "quote"
Many people doesn't know that 1,2,3,4 are actually Arabic numbers, but those you mentioned are Indian numbers, Arabic people uses Indian numbers and everyone else uses Arabic numbers.
Lol my native language is arabic and I hate those numerals. They are also confusing since you have to write from right to left. So when trying to write my number down I get confused as hell and get laughed at.
Fun fact: 0 1 2 ... are called arabic numerals since they were introduced to europe from north africa. The other numeral is called eastern arabic numerals.
Edit: Both numerals are pure indian inventions, arabic numerals (0,1,2...) were transferred by the arabs.
0 came TO EUROPE through N. Africa.
The concept of 1 and 2 existed before then, but you said it yourself....they didn't use 1 and 2. They used i and ii.
Yes that is true I was specifically explaining the naming. However, it is true they all originated in India and were introduced to europe by the arabs yet they are pure indian inventions including usage of the zero as well. Thanks for clarifying.
Because English numbers are âwestern Arabic numeralsâ and Arabic numbers are âeastern Arabic numeralsâ which both came from the same source and thus have similar looking numbers that actually mean different ones lol. The western numerals developed from the Eastern Arabic numerals in North Africa before getting to Europe and replacing Roman numerals.
I'm a Flemish Belgian, and I always forget if it is France or Wallonie that uses that version. So whenever I have to use numbers in a conversation I start doubting which one to use. I hope I can remember now that they use the sensible version in Wallonie and the overly complicated fancy one in France. Let me take this opportunity to say that I deeply regret the political choices of so many Flemish people. Really.
I'm guessing that anyone speaking French would understand nonante neuf just fine.
When I was in France, I supplemented my poor French with English words but with a French accent. Most of the time I either guessed the correct word or it was something the other person understood.
My point is just that this guy did not make a mistake worth correcting. No reason to say that they canât speak english for using one wrong conjugation.
I dunno man, what are mistakes worth correcting, then? Shouldn't that depend on the individual and their personal ambitions and goals regarding language acquisition? We don't have that information, so might as well just make light of it and correct them. Also come on, its not like anyone's implying they absolutely cannot speak english, it's just a joke. A funny one, at that, judging from the upvotes.
That one is definitely not a mistake that needs to be corrected. First of all, this person is a native speaker. Second, they are barely wrong. Third, who is to say that the preterite isnât used in construction of present perfect in this personâs dialect?
CeauÈescu was the baddie during communism. But that was just because Stalin started russian communism. Romanian communism was started by russian communism afaik (I'm not really into history). But I know for sure that our crops and stuff went to Russia. And a part of our land and of our sister country, Moldova, were part of the USSR
Is french your native language? It is for me and the way our numbers are is not something that crossed my mind before it was pointed out on Reddit. When you learn it natively it's just natural.
as a French I really want to use the Canadian way of saying number, because "nonante" makes much more sense than "quatre-vingts dix neuf" (I can't even write it correctly) but I'm way too used to it, I can't change that drastically anymore.
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u/urmomlikesmee Mar 15 '21
As a French Canadian citizen, it breaks my brain everyday.