@dougie_monty (dougie_monty) posted a new topic, subject "Counting by hundreds in Danish and Greek". It read:

   I have a language book which doesn't give much information on higher numbers in these two languages.  
    Spanish, of course, has irregular hundred numbers like _quinientos,_ and Russian uses a “dual” for hundreds higher than 200. But the book has no information on whether the Danish for 300 is _tre hundrede,_ or whatever.  
    And the language book gives the Greek for “200” as *diakosioi,[/io] but nothing higher.  
    Anyone know the answers, please?

@mittu (mittu) replied

    > Numbers above 100 are written in several words.
    > 
    > For hundreds (100 to 999) add the name for 1 to 9 before “hundrede” (in  
    >  two words). In this case 1 = “et” (and not “en”). If the number also  
    >  have tens/ones it is followed by “og” and the tens/ones name as outlined  
    >  above, ie.
    > 
    > “[hundreds] hundrede og [ones]og[tens]”
    > 
    > The thousands are handled in the same way as the hundreds, except that  
    >  there is no “og” added between the thousands and the hundreds, ie.
    > 
    > “[thousands] tusinde [hundreds] hundrede og [ones]og[tens]”
    > 
    > Please observe where spaces have been used above.
    > 
    > Some numbers 1, 101, 201, 301, … 1001, 1101, … 9801, 9901 have a  
    >  special rule. If I am counting the ones are named “en”, but if it is  
    >  used as, e.g., “Page 201” the ones are named “et”. The latter is assumed  
    >  in the examples at the end.
    
    Taken from: http://www.grasshopperllc.com/Developer/language/dansk.txt
    
    Hope that clears up some of the mysteries of Danish for you

To which @dougie_monty (dougie_monty) replied

    mittu:
    
    > Taken from: http://www.grasshopperllc.com/Developer/language/dansk.txt
    > 
    > Hope that clears up some of the mysteries of Danish for you 
    
    _Tak._   
    I gave up years ago trying to figure out where Danish got its words for thirty, forty, fifty, etc., e. g. “firs,” “halvtreds,” etc.


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