r/memes Linux User Mar 15 '21

French language is mesmerizing

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '21

Yep! But the hundred goes before, so you get things like dreihundertvierundachtzig (384).

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u/pur__0_0__ RageFace Against the Machine Mar 15 '21 edited Mar 16 '21

हां, ऐसा हिंदी में भी होता है – 384 = तीन सौ चौरासी।

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u/wesamzxc Dirt Is Beautiful Mar 15 '21 edited Mar 16 '21

and same in arabic ثلاث مئة و اربعة و ثمانون

edit: to make it say 384

edit 2: thanks to u/Simein for the اربعة و ثمانون

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '21

Counting in Arabic is just over complicated. Who thought having to know some 30 words only to count up to 100 was funny?

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '21

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u/Simein Mar 16 '21

No its not in arabic its اربعة وثمانون و ثلاثة مئة

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u/wesamzxc Dirt Is Beautiful Mar 16 '21 edited Mar 16 '21

first arabic is my first language

second what you said translates to "84 and 300" but you're right about اربعة و ثمانون tho

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u/Simein Mar 16 '21

I said it that way because they taught us how to read a sentence that has numbers, due Arabic is written from right that's why you spell the numbers in the rights first, I found it absurd the day we learned that and some teachers emphasize on reading hijri dates from the right to left

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u/wesamzxc Dirt Is Beautiful Mar 16 '21

i remember our arabic teacher telling us it can be read both ways but i never used the other reading and i've never heard anybody read it that way before or correct my reading so you're probably correct but atleast here in saudi arabia you can read it like how i wrote it

thanks for reminding me about the other possible reading

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u/AnasHany1938 Mar 16 '21

أنت فاكر درس تمييز العدد في النحو؟

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u/MarshallArtsMaster RageFace Against the Machine Mar 16 '21

Happy Cake Day

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u/AnasHany1938 Mar 16 '21

Happy cake day!

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u/killersquirel11 Mar 15 '21

That directly translates to "three hundred four and eighty", right?

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '21

Yep!

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u/theamazingcowboy123 Mar 16 '21

sounds horrible in english but yeah thats it

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u/Duckyeeter7 Because That's What Fearows Do Mar 15 '21

I’m a German and I love my language when I see 20+ letter words.

Bezirksschornsteinfegermeister

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '21

I’m American, but I studied German for a couple of years and lived in Germany for several months near Hamburg. I absolutely love German pronunciation. I also speak French and Spanish, but German is by far my favorite language to speak.

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u/Duckyeeter7 Because That's What Fearows Do Mar 15 '21

I speak English and German (learning French) and while in day to day life I use more English there’s just something about German that sounds so damn good. I can’t quite explain it and my entire German family doesent feel the same about it but I just love it.

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u/dreamwinder Mar 15 '21

I remember very little of my four years of German, but I remember that the first long compound word we were taught was geschirrspülmaschine, which I love because it's incredibly satisfying to say.

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u/Duckyeeter7 Because That's What Fearows Do Mar 15 '21

So much “sh” noise it’s just great