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Re:Weird English by mikhayahu on Thursday November 18, 2021 @08:05AM (#29264941)
> double numbers, in addition to singular and plural (one hen, two hens, ten hens will be "[one] kura", "[two] kury", "[ten] kur")

Actually Polish does not have dual number, just singular and plural. What you are refering to is just different noun case - use plural genitive when numeral ends in 5,6,7,8,9 or multiple of 10.

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Re:Weird English by zoomablemind on Thursday November 18, 2021 @10:34AM (#29266569)
>...different noun case - use plural genitive when numeral ends in 5,6,7,8,9 or multiple of 10.

Exactly. gettext PO-file translation comes to mind, the plural form rules (e.g. https://php-gettext.github.io/Languages/ )

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Re:Weird English by rich_sasha on Thursday November 18, 2021 @08:17AM (#29265027)
Yes but in practice it’s the same for a learner (or only a small discount)
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