Easy as uno, dos, tres
May 25, 2006 4:56 PM Subscribe
Random poll of the day: Off the top of your head, in how many foreign languages can you count to ten?
If you're so inclined, please spell out the numbers (at least phonetically) so I can learn them myself.
As for me, I can do Spanish: uno, dos, tres, quatro, cinco, seis, siete, ocho, nueve, diez
German: eins, zwei, drei, fier, funf, sechs, sieben, acht, neun, zhen
Japanese: ichi, ni, san, shi, go, roku, nana, hachi, ku, ju
If you're so inclined, please spell out the numbers (at least phonetically) so I can learn them myself.
As for me, I can do Spanish: uno, dos, tres, quatro, cinco, seis, siete, ocho, nueve, diez
German: eins, zwei, drei, fier, funf, sechs, sieben, acht, neun, zhen
Japanese: ichi, ni, san, shi, go, roku, nana, hachi, ku, ju
This post was deleted for the following reason: what? ask me is not for random polls.
English, French, Spanish, Japanese, and, at one time, (I am very embarrased to admit) Klingon.
posted by rossination at 4:58 PM on May 25, 2006
posted by rossination at 4:58 PM on May 25, 2006
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posted by cortex at 5:03 PM on May 25, 2006
posted by cortex at 5:03 PM on May 25, 2006
In my own phoneticisms...
Mandarin - eee, errr, san, szzz, oou, li-oou, qui, ba, jwey, shee
French - un, do, twoi, catr, sink, cease, sept, wheet, nuff, deez
posted by nomisxid at 5:04 PM on May 25, 2006
Mandarin - eee, errr, san, szzz, oou, li-oou, qui, ba, jwey, shee
French - un, do, twoi, catr, sink, cease, sept, wheet, nuff, deez
posted by nomisxid at 5:04 PM on May 25, 2006
Two: French and German.
Weird how this fairly useless skill is amongst the first things taught in a language.
posted by greytape at 5:04 PM on May 25, 2006
Weird how this fairly useless skill is amongst the first things taught in a language.
posted by greytape at 5:04 PM on May 25, 2006
spanish, korean, japanese, french, russian, latin. i tried typing out the phoenetics for korean, then looked them up, and they're so far off i want to die.
posted by soma lkzx at 5:04 PM on May 25, 2006
posted by soma lkzx at 5:04 PM on May 25, 2006
This is chatfilter and will probably be deleted, but to save us all the listing, here is Zompist's list of Numbers in 5000 languages.
posted by jacquilynne at 5:05 PM on May 25, 2006
posted by jacquilynne at 5:05 PM on May 25, 2006
(IT) Uno due tre quattro cinque sei sette otto nove diechi (spelling?)
posted by snsranch at 5:05 PM on May 25, 2006
posted by snsranch at 5:05 PM on May 25, 2006
neg khoyer gorow durew taw zurgaa doloo naim yes araw
(Mongolian)
posted by thirteenkiller at 5:05 PM on May 25, 2006
(Mongolian)
posted by thirteenkiller at 5:05 PM on May 25, 2006
Just wait till languagehat comes in here...
(English, French, Russian)
posted by Krrrlson at 5:06 PM on May 25, 2006
(English, French, Russian)
posted by Krrrlson at 5:06 PM on May 25, 2006
All of them..
English, French, Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, German, Latin. what aparty trick nerd.
posted by kcm at 5:06 PM on May 25, 2006
English, French, Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, German, Latin. what a
posted by kcm at 5:06 PM on May 25, 2006
French: un deux trois quatre cinq six sept huit neuf dix
(do I get points for having once known the Spanish and Italian? If I sat here for fifteen minutes, I could probably dredge them up...)
posted by overanxious ducksqueezer at 5:07 PM on May 25, 2006
(do I get points for having once known the Spanish and Italian? If I sat here for fifteen minutes, I could probably dredge them up...)
posted by overanxious ducksqueezer at 5:07 PM on May 25, 2006
Oh yeah I, like, know a bunch of other languages but probably other people can cover them.
posted by thirteenkiller at 5:10 PM on May 25, 2006
posted by thirteenkiller at 5:10 PM on May 25, 2006
nomisxid: "In my own phoneticisms...
Mandarin - eee, errr, san, szzz, oou, li-oou, qui, ba, jwey, shee"
ouch - yi1 er4 san1 si4 wu3 liu4 qi1 ba1 jiu3 shi2
posted by kcm at 5:10 PM on May 25, 2006
Mandarin - eee, errr, san, szzz, oou, li-oou, qui, ba, jwey, shee"
ouch - yi1 er4 san1 si4 wu3 liu4 qi1 ba1 jiu3 shi2
posted by kcm at 5:10 PM on May 25, 2006
一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 九 十
하나 둘 셋 넷 다섯 여셋 일곱 여덟 아홉 열
일 이 삼 사 오 육 칠 팔 구 십
posted by I Love Tacos at 5:14 PM on May 25, 2006
하나 둘 셋 넷 다섯 여셋 일곱 여덟 아홉 열
일 이 삼 사 오 육 칠 팔 구 십
posted by I Love Tacos at 5:14 PM on May 25, 2006
Oh, and seven.
posted by I Love Tacos at 5:15 PM on May 25, 2006
posted by I Love Tacos at 5:15 PM on May 25, 2006
I can do German, French, and Spanish; used to know them in Irish as well, but couldn't do it without cheating now.
posted by scody at 5:16 PM on May 25, 2006
posted by scody at 5:16 PM on May 25, 2006
I learned Japanese in Seido class, and Korean in Tae Kwon Do, but I forgot that one.
Then there's Turkish, which I learned in Turkey: bir iki uch durt besh alti yedi sekiz dokuz on
posted by booth at 5:19 PM on May 25, 2006
Then there's Turkish, which I learned in Turkey: bir iki uch durt besh alti yedi sekiz dokuz on
posted by booth at 5:19 PM on May 25, 2006
french, german, swedish.
posted by fire&wings at 5:20 PM on May 25, 2006
posted by fire&wings at 5:20 PM on May 25, 2006
I'll go first. Just English and Spanish.
posted by TurkishGolds at 5:23 PM on May 25, 2006
posted by TurkishGolds at 5:23 PM on May 25, 2006
Spanish, Polish, German, and French. So 1, 2, 3 .... umm... 4.
posted by pmbuko at 5:24 PM on May 25, 2006
posted by pmbuko at 5:24 PM on May 25, 2006
I can do english, spanish, Manderan and I can count to four in Japanese.
posted by delmoi at 5:25 PM on May 25, 2006
posted by delmoi at 5:25 PM on May 25, 2006
Twi (An akan dialect)
Baako, Mienu, Miensa, Annan, Enum, Nsiah, Akron, Awotwe, Edu
posted by ramix at 5:32 PM on May 25, 2006
Baako, Mienu, Miensa, Annan, Enum, Nsiah, Akron, Awotwe, Edu
posted by ramix at 5:32 PM on May 25, 2006
English, Spanish, French, German, Russian, Latin, Finnish, Estonian.
posted by oaf at 5:40 PM on May 25, 2006
posted by oaf at 5:40 PM on May 25, 2006
Most of 4
English, French, Spanish, Hungarian
one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten
un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf, dix
onze, deuze, treze, quatorze, hello, hello, ola
hungarian (phoenitically) edge, ketto, harum, neige, ert, hut, heet, nyolch, kirenz and tees
posted by vidarling at 5:41 PM on May 25, 2006
English, French, Spanish, Hungarian
one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten
un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf, dix
onze, deuze, treze, quatorze, hello, hello, ola
hungarian (phoenitically) edge, ketto, harum, neige, ert, hut, heet, nyolch, kirenz and tees
posted by vidarling at 5:41 PM on May 25, 2006
Russian (phonetically): odin, dva, tri, chetirye, pyat', shest', cem', vocem', devyat', desyat'
But you should learn cyrillic; it's not that hard.
Russian numbers in cyrillic
posted by granted at 5:41 PM on May 25, 2006
But you should learn cyrillic; it's not that hard.
Russian numbers in cyrillic
posted by granted at 5:41 PM on May 25, 2006
English, Italian, French, German, Swedish.
posted by DannyUKNYC at 5:48 PM on May 25, 2006
posted by DannyUKNYC at 5:48 PM on May 25, 2006
Oh... swedish goes like this:
(phonetically) et, tvo, tria, feera, fem, seks, heuy, otta, nio, tio
posted by DannyUKNYC at 5:50 PM on May 25, 2006
(phonetically) et, tvo, tria, feera, fem, seks, heuy, otta, nio, tio
posted by DannyUKNYC at 5:50 PM on May 25, 2006
4. english, malay, bengali, mandarin.
malay: satu, dua, tiga, empat, lima, enam, tujuh, lapan, sembilan, sepuluh
bengali (phonetically): ak, dui, teen, char, pach, choi, shat, aht, noi, dosh
posted by divabat at 5:54 PM on May 25, 2006
malay: satu, dua, tiga, empat, lima, enam, tujuh, lapan, sembilan, sepuluh
bengali (phonetically): ak, dui, teen, char, pach, choi, shat, aht, noi, dosh
posted by divabat at 5:54 PM on May 25, 2006
norwegian: en, to, tre, fire, fem, seks, syv, åtte, ni, ti
punjabi: ik, do, ten, char, panj, che, sat, at, no, dass
posted by fondle at 6:11 PM on May 25, 2006
punjabi: ik, do, ten, char, panj, che, sat, at, no, dass
posted by fondle at 6:11 PM on May 25, 2006
Three: spanish, portugues, and samoan.
Spanish is thoroughly covered. Portuguese is pretty similar (um, dois, tres, quatro, cinco, seis, sete, oito, nove, dez).
Samoan: tasi, lua, tolu, fa, lima, ono, fitu, valu, inu, sefulu.
posted by weston at 6:13 PM on May 25, 2006
Spanish is thoroughly covered. Portuguese is pretty similar (um, dois, tres, quatro, cinco, seis, sete, oito, nove, dez).
Samoan: tasi, lua, tolu, fa, lima, ono, fitu, valu, inu, sefulu.
posted by weston at 6:13 PM on May 25, 2006
Five languages: English , French , Bengali (damn, done above), Irish (aon, do, tri, ceathair, cuig, se, seacht, ocht, naoi, dech) and Spanish.
I could probably do one, two, three in a few more thhough.
posted by jamesonandwater at 6:21 PM on May 25, 2006
I could probably do one, two, three in a few more thhough.
posted by jamesonandwater at 6:21 PM on May 25, 2006
hungarian (phoenitically) edge, ketto, harum, neige, ert, hut, heet, nyolch, kirenz and tees
Post a crap question, get crap answers, I suppose. Jesus.
posted by Wolfdog at 6:31 PM on May 25, 2006
Post a crap question, get crap answers, I suppose. Jesus.
posted by Wolfdog at 6:31 PM on May 25, 2006
English
French
German
Spanish
and
Thai...
Noon song Saam Sii Ha Hock Chet Bpadt Gaeow Sip
I think...
posted by gergtreble at 6:32 PM on May 25, 2006
French
German
Spanish
and
Thai...
Noon song Saam Sii Ha Hock Chet Bpadt Gaeow Sip
I think...
posted by gergtreble at 6:32 PM on May 25, 2006
Tongan.
Taha, ua, tolu, faa, nima, ono, fitu, valu, hiva, hongofulu.
posted by po at 6:34 PM on May 25, 2006
Taha, ua, tolu, faa, nima, ono, fitu, valu, hiva, hongofulu.
posted by po at 6:34 PM on May 25, 2006
spanish: uno dos tres quatro cinco seis siete ocho nueve diez
farsi: yek do se chahar panj sheesh haft hasht noh dah
arabic: wahed ithnain theletha arba'a khamsa sita seba'a thamania tisa'a ashara
french: (can't spell them right but) un duex trois quatre cinc sis sept huit neuf dix
posted by BuddhaInABucket at 6:36 PM on May 25, 2006
farsi: yek do se chahar panj sheesh haft hasht noh dah
arabic: wahed ithnain theletha arba'a khamsa sita seba'a thamania tisa'a ashara
french: (can't spell them right but) un duex trois quatre cinc sis sept huit neuf dix
posted by BuddhaInABucket at 6:36 PM on May 25, 2006
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