Yeah I’m sure it’s not as difficult as I’m making it out to be but it never seems to stick. It’s just as simple as 2 numbers: “million = 100 ten thousands” (hyaku-man) and “billion = 10 hundred millions” (juu-oku).
Let’s just say there a lot of frustrations I have with the language even after decades of studying.
Maybe think in numbers if you’re more inclined to think like that? 10 million is 7 zeroes, in base-3 means the you “buy” the 6 zero unit and you got one (10) left; In base-4 you “buy” the 4 zero unit and you get 3 (1000) left.
It helps to memorize million and billion both ways since those are what you’ll be using most, and are good signposts.
Yeah I’m sure it’s not as difficult as I’m making it out to be but it never seems to stick. It’s just as simple as 2 numbers: “million = 100 ten thousands” (hyaku-man) and “billion = 10 hundred millions” (juu-oku).
Let’s just say there a lot of frustrations I have with the language even after decades of studying.
Maybe think in numbers if you’re more inclined to think like that? 10 million is 7 zeroes, in base-3 means the you “buy” the 6 zero unit and you got one (10) left; In base-4 you “buy” the 4 zero unit and you get 3 (1000) left.