Sunday, July 19, 2009

How to count like a Basque Miller


Follow the simple instructions above.

If you want to say the numbers, they are as follows:-
0 zero, or huts
1 bat
2 bi
3 hiru
4 lau
5 bost
6 sei
7 zazpi
8 zortzi
9 bederatzi
10 hamar
11 hamaika
12 hamabi
13 hamahiru
14 hamalau
15 hamabost
16 hamasei
17 hamazazpi
18 hemezortzi
19 hemeretzi
20 hogei
21 hogeita bat
22 hogeita bi
23 hogeita hiru
30 hogeita hamar (literal meaning split: hogei-ta-hamar = twenty-and-ten = 20+10)
31 hogeita hamaika (hogei-ta-hamaika = twenty-and-eleven = 20+11)
40 berrogei (ber-hogei = two times-twenty = 2×20)
50 berrogeita hamar (ber-hogei-ta-hamar = two times-twenty-and-ten = 2×20+10)
60 hirurogei (hirur-hogei = three times-twenty = 3×20)
70 hirurogeita hamar (hirur-hogei-ta-hamar = three times-twenty-and-ten = 3×20+10)
80 laurogei (laur-hogei = four times-twenty = 4×20)
90 laurogeita hamar (laur-hogei-ta-hamar = four times-twenty-and-ten = 4×20+10)
100 ehun
200 berrehun
300 hirurehun
1000 mila
2000 bi mila
1,000,000 milioi bat

(hat tip, Wikipedia)

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

<< Home