83. More Numbers ... Upping the Ante
The answers from the quiz in the last post appear below, but you will have noticed the major difference I spoke about in their formation. Instead of saying fifty one, sixty three etc, in German we basically say one and fifty, three and sixty etc. (und so weiter - usw.)
vier und dreißig = [ 34 ]
ein und neunzig = [ 91 ]
sieben und achtzig = [ 87 ]
neun und zwanzig = [ 29 ]
zwei und siebzig = [ 72 ]
acht und vierzig = [ 48 ]
zwei und fünfzig = [ 52 ]
sechs und sechzig = [ 66 ]
drei und achtzig = [ 83 ]
fünf und zwanzig = [ 25 ]
The 'chosen' Lotto numbers were [ sechzehn, vier, sieben, elf, neunzehn, drei ]
OK, so now that you know the system, we can really put you to the test with the following set of numbers, but without any clues. See how you go, viel Glück! (good luck!) Note, I have separated the numbers again just to show you the break up of the individual numbers. Normally, of course this does not happen. Numbers are joined together in German when written out in full. The larger numbers, of course are usually given as a numeral just like in English.
1 zwei hundert zwanzig [ ] Joined together would be zweihundertzwanzig
2 acht hundert neun und dreißig [ ]
3 fünf tausend drei hundert ein und siebzig [ ]
4 siebzehn tausend zwei hundert fünfzehn [ ]
5 neun hundert fünfzig tausend [ ]
6 hundert eins [ ]
7 drei tausend fünfzig [ ]
8 vier hundert zwanzig tausend sieben [ ]
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