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Learning numbers in your target language

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Serpent
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 Message 17 of 20
23 May 2012 at 10:09pm | IP Logged 
Hahaha. Are the systems really that different between those langs???
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Josquin
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 Message 18 of 20
23 May 2012 at 10:22pm | IP Logged 
Serpent wrote:
Hahaha. Are the systems really that different between those langs???

Yes, they are. Swedish and Norwegian numbers are basically the same as in English. And Danish... well, Danish is simply crazy! :)

Edited by Josquin on 24 May 2012 at 12:33am

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clumsy
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 Message 19 of 20
23 May 2012 at 10:49pm | IP Logged 
I agree, I find them hard to manage, especially the lack of word 'million' in Japanese.

I can read articles in wikipedia using CJK, but I have to lookup the English version, to check the numbers -_-"

Swahili: number of speakers: 40 man

wait a minute... 40 man... that means ... 400 000, right?


I am also discouraged by the fact that CEFR requires me to learn the months.
months at A1?
I don't need to know words like 'because' and 'if', but I am supposed to learn names of the months!?
Fortunately I have realized that I already knew them in the language I was talking about - Lao!
You don't need to learn anything - just say 'month one', 'month two' etc.
but I am still left with days of the week :(


I am sorry, may it's just somethin wrong with my reading skills, maybe A1 does not require this, and it actually requires 'because' and 'if', I don't know.
This self-Assesment is quite hard to get.
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Bao
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 Message 20 of 20
23 May 2012 at 11:23pm | IP Logged 
clumsy wrote:
I agree, I find them hard to manage, especially the lack of word 'million' in Japanese.

Odd, I get the feeling that German and English lack the concepts 'man' and 'oku'. :)


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