Ramses> arabic is usually used for math and when you want to write numbers quickly. Cardinal and ordinal are used to spell out numbers depending on syntax.
(26-Aug 17:46 JPN / 26-Aug 08:46 GMT) 

Ramses> Well Lightbringer the rule of thumb for Japanese is that the more complicated something is the more likely it came from Chinese. ;) (26-Aug 17:45 JPN /
26-Aug 08:45 GMT) 

Ramses> In English you have three sets of corresponding numbers. 1 = one = first (arabic cardinal ordinal). Each one is typically used in different situations.
(26-Aug 17:45 JPN / 26-Aug 08:45 GMT) 

The_Light_Bringer> which system? (26-Aug 17:45 JPN / 26-Aug 08:45 GMT) 

Ramses> Well what you see isn't so weird really though the reason behind it is that one system came from Chinese. (26-Aug 17:44 JPN / 26-Aug 08:44 GMT) 

The_Light_Bringer> dont understand about numbering systems....they got one for real objcts and one for livimg beings and one for just objects (26-Aug 17:42
JPN / 26-Aug 08:42 GMT) 

Ramses> Yes Japanese works much like Latin in many ways...as for pronunciations you can probaly put that off until learning enough of the language. (26-Aug
17:42 JPN / 26-Aug 08:42 GMT)