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minus-squareAkasazh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoWorks better in Dutch, where eleven and elf are synonyms.
minus-squarepulsey@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoIn German too, but our gendered articles get in the way: eine Elf vs ein Elf.
minus-squareAkasazh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 months agoDoesn’t ‘ich bin elf’ work, in a way?
minus-squaregroet@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoThat would be understood by almost everyone as “I am eleven years old”
minus-squareSasquatch@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agowait which one gets eine? Are all elves feminine(like, i know they are, but still), or are numbers gendered?
Works better in Dutch, where eleven and elf are synonyms.
In German too, but our gendered articles get in the way: eine Elf vs ein Elf.
Doesn’t ‘ich bin elf’ work, in a way?
That would be understood by almost everyone as “I am eleven years old”
wait which one gets eine? Are all elves feminine(like, i know they are, but still), or are numbers gendered?