That thing with half and a clock is present in Polish.

@irinaskuld

4 күн бұрын

probablz in more languages than I am aware of :))) thx!

@seneca983

16 сағат бұрын

@@irinaskuld In Finnish too.

@MarkDDG

12 сағат бұрын

⁠@@irinaskuld In Dutch too

@tmhc72_gtg22c

9 сағат бұрын

This is even more complicated in some Germanic languages that refer to the half hour when saying minutes from 16 to 44 past the hour. For example the words for 2:25 will translate to English as "five before half three" and the words for 2:35 will translate to English as "five over half three".

@ulrikschackmeyer848

Сағат бұрын

Ordinary, coloquial Danish too

Also, even though halvtredje, halvfjerde, halvfemte and so on is not in use any more, halvanden (half away from the second, ie. 1½) is very much in use still. "Jeg er der om halvanden time"/"I am there (will arrive) in one and a half hour" is a very common phrase.

@irinaskuld

Күн бұрын

nesten samme på tysk - eineinhalb Stunden

@mikaelrundqvist2338

2 сағат бұрын

Och om man kan lite äldre uttryck i svenska så sa man t.ex. jag kommer om halvannan timma även i Sverige.

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In Swedish it can be either en or ett depending on grammatical gender

@irinaskuld

23 күн бұрын

i know, i was just referring to numerals, not articles (ett hus - en penna)

@herrbonk3635

4 күн бұрын

@@irinaskuld But number one can also be en or ett. Some prefer en, others ett, when counting (abstractly).

This reminds me of the remnants of the Babylonian system of 12s which we still use to separate/demarcate time. (takk 😊)

@irinaskuld

Ай бұрын

oh yes totally! one of the few instances in IE based on 6/12. 🎉

@shruggzdastr8-facedclown

Ай бұрын

Similarly, I find it interesting how so many of our numerical systems start out as dozenal counting systems but then abruptly change gears to decimal after the first set of twelve numbers are counted; yet, we don't bat an eye as to why we've retained/maintained this vestigial trace of foundational dozenal enumeration while not keeping it in place for the entire numerical system, thereafter Like, why (in English) do we say "eleven" and "twelve" instead of "one-teen" and "two-teen"? Why, in German/Deutsche, do they say "elf" and "zwölf" instead of "ein und zehn/einzehn" and "zwei und zehn/zweizehn"? And so on?

three scoe and ten. Five and twenty. Quatrre-vingt-dix

Most Danes do not know this system, they jusr remember the words.

@irinaskuld

Күн бұрын

same with any other native or near-native language

We tell time the same way in Norwegian as well: halv to, halv tre, halv fire and so on. I don't know whether that is a borrowing from Danish or somewhere else. Of course, in British English they also say half two, half three etc, but then they mean half *past* two, half *past* three ...

@irinaskuld

Ай бұрын

It's common in all of Germanic, I just gave two eksempler 😊

@dannydetonator

2 күн бұрын

Not only Germanic, we say half-two ("pus-divi" in Latvian) meaning 1:30 in Baltic and some Slavic languages too, though it's not usually written as literary correct language. In Russian though you can say or write any number of minutes _before_ the hour with the correct conjugation of said hour, used more often than minutes _past_ the hour.

Anyone with knowledge of Faeroese? The numbers from 20 to 90 actually have double variants, the Danish-inspired one and the classical decimal one so I was curious which one is currently in use. I have a hunch the vigesimal is rather formal.

@weepingscorpion8739

9 күн бұрын

Native Faroese here. The Danish system is WAY more common. The elder system was only mandatory on cheques which have not been legal tender since 2017. Some people still use the old system but as I say it's rare. Btw., thanks for including Faroese but "boo" for not trying to pronounce it! :P

@weepingscorpion8739

9 күн бұрын

Oh, one more thing: The Danish system might be VERY young in Faroese. There is some evidence that the decimal system was used as late as the late 18th century. BUT then school became mandatory and for some reason, Danish became the language of learning even though we were in the time of romanticism and later nationalism and all that. It may have to do with post-colonialism on the Faroese part which made us feel like our language was low prestige etc., but that's pure speculation on my part. In any case, this led to the decimal system virtually doing out in Faroese but as mentioned it is not quite dead yet. - I am glad that you mentioned how to tell the time as a good way of learning the "new" number system, as afaik in Germanic languages English is the odd one out in not using it. It is also used in some Slavic languages like Czech and Slovak (the latter of which I also happen to speak). Again, great video.

Bra uttal av svenska. Jag blev nyfiken hur väl danskar förstår oss svenskar med decimalsystemet eftersom det till och ned fanns ett förslag på att ersätta/komplettera med decimalsystemet. Vi kan byta morot till gulrot och rolig till skoj som väl funkar på både norska och danska även det väl är göj.

@ulrikschackmeyer848

Сағат бұрын

Som dansker har jeg intet problem med at forstå svenske tal. De er jo logiske nok. Men jeg oplever at mange svenskere hellere vi slå over i engelsk, end at prøve at udtale danske tal mellem 50-99. Og vore tal er som regel også den letteste måde at afsløre en fremmed/udlænding, der ikke er vokset op i Danmark.