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minus-squareArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 年前In Russian, numbers ending in one are singular, except for eleven which is plural.
minus-squaredrathvedro@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 年前It’s even more complicated with two plural declensions except for all numbers in 10-20 range having second form 0 мячей 1 мяч 2 мяча, 3 мяча, 4 мяча 5 мячей, 6 мячей, 7 мячей, 8 мячей, 9 мячей, 10 мячей, 11 мячей, 12 мячей, 13 мячей, 14 мячей, 15 мячей, 16 мячей, 17 мячей, 18 мячей, 19 мячей, 20 мячей 21 мяч 22 мяча, 23 мяча, 24 мяча, 25 мячей, 26 мячей, 27 мячей, 28 мячей, 29 мячей, 30 мячей, … the rest goes the same as 0-10/20-30…
minus-squarekabat@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 年前In English that’s called paucal vs plural forms, Polish has the same rules as Russian. Sidenote: there are translation systems that support it, e.g. Qt does (https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/i18n-plural-rules.html).
minus-squaretiredofsametab@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 年前Neat! I didn’t know that. Is that common in other Slavic languages?
In Russian, numbers ending in one are singular, except for eleven which is plural.
It’s even more complicated with two plural declensions except for all numbers in 10-20 range having second form
0 мячей
1 мяч
2 мяча, 3 мяча, 4 мяча
5 мячей, 6 мячей, 7 мячей, 8 мячей, 9 мячей, 10 мячей,
11 мячей, 12 мячей, 13 мячей, 14 мячей, 15 мячей, 16 мячей, 17 мячей, 18 мячей, 19 мячей, 20 мячей
21 мяч
22 мяча, 23 мяча, 24 мяча,
25 мячей, 26 мячей, 27 мячей, 28 мячей, 29 мячей, 30 мячей,
… the rest goes the same as 0-10/20-30…
In English that’s called paucal vs plural forms, Polish has the same rules as Russian.
Sidenote: there are translation systems that support it, e.g. Qt does (https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/i18n-plural-rules.html).
Neat! I didn’t know that. Is that common in other Slavic languages?