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A quick Chinese lesson (thelemmy.club)
submitted 3 months ago by [M] to c/memes@lemmy.world
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[–] 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I mean... in English we also use different words, such as "pair" and "dozen", for some specific numbers.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    But those are just words for "a group of a special size"

    Some eastern languages have totally different counting words depending on WHAT you're counting. One set of number-words for flat things, another set for long things, another set for printed/bound things, another set for things with handles...

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