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scaramanga on Feb 28, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Show HN: Master Numbers in a Foreign Language

That seemed insane to me at first but somehow that is easily intuitively absorbed.

The man (10,000) thing catches me out every time though.

Nadya on Feb 28, 2017 [–]

Depending on how obscure the counter is - even Japanese people struggle [0]! Honestly, you only need a dozen or two counters. The hard part for me is remembering to use them.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6sNa70KsW8

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