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mawkernewek
(4 minutes ago)
Maybe for 1st April I will turn all the spreadsheets at work into Greek numerals
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Qetsiyahnym
(9 minutes ago)
In modern Greek we use them mostly as ordinal numbers, in all places, like school grades (1st grade = α' τάξη, 6th grade = στ' τάξη, etc), test marks under ε' grade (as u do abroad, but them we stop), in kings and queens (the most important reason to learn them as a modern Greek learner) (ex. Constantine XI = ΙΑ' and Louis XVI = Λουδοβίκος ΙΣΤ'), generally when you want to categorize things and for many many other stuff.
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georgios_5342
(18 minutes ago)
In modern Greece we usually use ς' or στ' for 6
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krupam0
(28 minutes ago)
π = 3.14...
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georgios_5342
(31 minutes ago)
In modern Greece we have a cool symbiosis, where we use Arabic numerals for maths and statistics, but Greek numerals for lists or titles or names. For example the 5th class at school is E class, Constantine the 11th is "Κωνσταντίνος ΙΑ'", and WW2 IS Β'ΠΠ (Β' Παγκόσμιος Πόλεμος)
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carlinberg
(46 minutes ago)
I stumbled upon them as chapter numbers in modern Greek, and I was super confused when the eleventh chapter was ια' instead of continuing with κ' now it's a lot more logical then I thought!
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Agriking
(51 minutes ago)
I'm half Finnish on my mother's side so the sampo references weren't lost on me.
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SamuēlTheArmenian
(2 hour ago)
I learned the greek numerals this spring, and I agree —they are WAY better than Roman ones!
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steliopapakonstantinou674
(2 hour ago)
Σε ευχαριστώ για το πάθος σου και τις άψογες επεξηγήσεις σου!!!!
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steliopapakonstantinou674
(3 hours ago)
We still use this kind of numerals with dynasty names, f.ex. Ιωάννης Α' = John I, Κωνσταντίνος ΙΑ' = Constantine XI.
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apostolosxidakis9740
(14 hours ago)
Αυτός ο άνθρωπος φαίνεται τόσο ευγενής, μορφωμένος και παθιασμένος με το αντικείμενό του. Θα ήθελα να τον είχα δάσκαλο.
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cahallo5964
(2 hours ago)
I feel like this would take at least a few weeks of practice to not forget it tomorrow morning
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pierreabbat6157
(11 hours ago)
One thing gets confusing when dealing with numbers in the hundreds, such as Psalms, in Greek and Hebrew side-by-side: 100 is ρ in Greek, but ק in Hebrew. The reason is that Greek has no letter corresponding to צ.
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Stelios.Posantzis
(10 hours ago)
Nice one on the digamma. I always thought it was actually stigma and often wondered why it wasn't digamma.
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watchmakerful
(21 hours ago)
A very similar system is used in Hebrew as well.
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northstarpokeshipper2148
(17 hours ago)
8:57 A fun mnemonic I thought of:
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