Kathryn Mackie

Hello Thou I see your point here and it really makes sense. I haven’t thought about it before, thanks. But it is not something to be depressed about, right? Languages have rules and we just have to obey the rules, that’s all. I guess there are a lot of examples like yours in every language. For example, French numbers (from 70 to 90) always make my brain work harder: 70 in French is literally “sixty-ten,” soixante-dix, 73 — soixante-treize (sixty + thirteen). If that was easy, then look at 80 that is quatre-vingts, or “four twenties”, 81 — quatre-vingt-un (sounds like "four twenty one"). The number 90 is “four+twenty+ ten,” 97 — quatre-vingt-dix-sept (4+20+7).