Ok, Lemmy, let's play a game!
Post how many languages in which you can count to ten, including your native language. If you like, provide which languages. I'm going to make a guess; after you've replied, come back and open the spoiler. If I'm right: upvote; if I'm wrong: downvote!
My guess, and my answer...
My guess is that it's more than the number of languages you speak, read, and/or write.
Do you feel cheated because I didn't pick a number? Vote how you want to, or don't vote! I'm just interested in the count.
I can count to ten in five languages, but I only speak two. I can read a third, and I once was able to converse in a fourth, but have long since lost that skill. I know only some pick-up/borrow words from the 5th, including counting to 10.
- My native language is English
- I lived in Germany for a couple of years; because I never took classes, I can't write in German, but I spoke fluently by the time I left.
- I studied French in college for three years; I can read French, but I've yet to meet a French person who can understand what I'm trying to say, and I have a hard time comprehending it.
- I taught myself Esperanto a couple of decades ago, and used to hang out in Esperanto chat rooms. I haven't kept up.
- I can count to ten in Japanese because I took Aikido classes for a decade or so, and my instructor counted out loud in Japanese, and the various movements are numbered.
I can almost count to ten in Spanish, because I grew up in mid-California and there was a lot of Spanish thrown around. But French interferes, and I start in Spanish and find myself switching to French in the middle, so I'm not sure I could really do it.
Bonus question: do you ever do your counting in a non-native language, just to make it more interesting?
Cool idea. Got a few where I might know just enough to pass this.
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One two three four five six seven eight nine tenEtt två tre fyra fem sex sju åtta nio tio
Ein zwei drei vier fünf sechs sieben acht neun zehn
Yksi kaksi kolme neljä viisi kuusi seitsemän kahdeksan yhdeksän kymmenen
Üks kaks kolm neli viis kuus seitse kaheksa üheksa kümme
Hmnm. Is 2 Swedish? Danish?
What languages are numbers four and five?
2 is Swedish. I'm not sure how much Danish and Norwegian differ. 4 and 5 are Finnish and Estonian.
The rule has become: different name, different language. Quebequois and France French are both French because they both call the language French.
I never remember German 9 and 10 because the song only goes up to 8.
For 9, just remember 99 Luftballons. It's literally "nine und ninety".
The link to clarify which song is a bit redundant lol
Ha yeah, figured someone might disagree about which song to call THE song or just haven't heard this one.