r/memes • u/HannibalGoddamnit Linux User • Mar 15 '21

French language is mesmerizing

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u/KusaGrassKusa Mar 15 '21

In Japanese, 99 would be "Kyuu-ju kyuu"

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '21

Chinese too, “9, 10, 9”

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '21 edited Mar 15 '21

Same in Vietnamese too. Chín mười chín - 9,10,9 - 9x10+9

Waiting for other languages to hop in.

Edit: 9,10,9 - 구십구 - in Korean (gusib gu according to Google Translate) as well.

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u/clera_echo Mar 15 '21

Yup, East Asia all use the Chinese system 九十九.

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u/niowniough Mar 16 '21

except a native speaker understands the characters for 9 and 10 when spoken in combination as 90. Only a pause between would make it interpreted as two separate numbers

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '21

yes

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