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[–] [email protected] 92 points 3 days ago (6 children)

When I was learning english as an inmigrant kid, I was like: why the fuck do they name the months

Because in Chinese, it was just numbers:

  • January --> 一 1st Month
  • October --> 十 10th Month
  • December --> 十二 12th Month

月 = Month

And the characters before are just a number

Simple

(Omg I did it again, I went on a rant about language... 🙃)

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I can't be the only one

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago

When the calandar is sus

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Tbh, I was kinda disappointed about this when learning Japanese. (Am from Europe where probably all languages have named months.) The days of the week had these fancy names but months were just "[number] month". If you name weekdays, why not name months?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I mean at least in japanese they used to have names but changed to the numbering system at one point.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

You still see the old names pop up from time to time in literature and stuff. btw I found a reference https://blog.japanwondertravel.com/the-old-japanese-names-for-the-months-meanings-and-origins-21973

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

oh really? good to know!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (2 children)

While in German months have names, when talking about specific dates (getting a dentist appointment for instance) you often use numerals. Does the 15th of the fourth at 11 work for you?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

huh interesting

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Kannst du ein Beispiel auf Deutsch geben? Ich lerne Deutsch.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Heute haben wir den achtzehnte dritte.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

That's just neat. It even looks cool in markdown.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Lol this is the second time someone linked this. 🤣

(Two Days Ago: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/40007037/17338871)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Despite all her frustration with the language, she speaks it very well. And she's totally right of course, Wikipedia even includes the demonym in the cheat sheet on every country page, just because no one ever knows them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Numbered months should be much easier, but man my brain just can't vibe with it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Is it the same for the days of the week?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

In Czech we have:

after no work
second (archaic)
middle
fourth
fifth
Sabbath
no work

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)
  • 星期一 --> (Day of the) Week: 1 (Monday)
  • 星期二 --> (Day of the) Week: 2 (Tuesday)
  • etc...
  • except Sunday, which is:
  • 星期天/星期日 (Sunday) (日 = Sun ; 天 = Sky ; Both are interchangeable in the context of days of the week)

星期 = Week, but if you add a number after it, its not Week 1, but 1st day of the week

Week 1, Week 2, would be:

  • 第一个星期 --> First Week
  • 第二个星期 --> Second Week