diff --git a/src/libespeak-ng/translate.h b/src/libespeak-ng/translate.h
index 24441411..05b60a02 100644
--- a/src/libespeak-ng/translate.h
+++ b/src/libespeak-ng/translate.h
@@ -475,23 +475,22 @@ typedef struct {
 
 	int numbers;
 
-#define NUM2_THOUSANDS_VAR1     0x40
-#define NUM2_THOUSANDS_VAR2     0x80
-#define NUM2_THOUSANDS_VAR3     0xc0
-#define NUM2_THOUSANDS_VAR4     0x100
-#define NUM2_THOUSANDS_VAR5     0x140
-
-#define NUM2_SWAP_THOUSANDS     0x200
-#define NUM2_ORDINAL_NO_AND     0x800
-#define NUM2_MULTIPLE_ORDINAL   0x1000
-#define NUM2_NO_TEEN_ORDINALS   0x2000
-#define NUM2_MYRIADS            0x4000
-#define NUM2_ENGLISH_NUMERALS   0x8000
-#define NUM2_PERCENT_BEFORE     0x10000
-#define NUM2_OMIT_1_HUNDRED_ONLY 0x20000
-#define NUM2_ORDINAL_AND_THOUSANDS 0x40000
-#define NUM2_ORDINAL_DROP_VOWEL  0x80000 // currently only for tens and units
-#define NUM2_ZERO_TENS          0x100000
+#define NUM2_THOUSANDS_VAR1        0x00000040
+#define NUM2_THOUSANDS_VAR2        0x00000080
+#define NUM2_THOUSANDS_VAR3        0x000000c0
+#define NUM2_THOUSANDS_VAR4        0x00000100
+#define NUM2_THOUSANDS_VAR5        0x00000140
+#define NUM2_SWAP_THOUSANDS        0x00000200
+#define NUM2_ORDINAL_NO_AND        0x00000800
+#define NUM2_MULTIPLE_ORDINAL      0x00001000
+#define NUM2_NO_TEEN_ORDINALS      0x00002000
+#define NUM2_MYRIADS               0x00004000
+#define NUM2_ENGLISH_NUMERALS      0x00008000
+#define NUM2_PERCENT_BEFORE        0x00010000
+#define NUM2_OMIT_1_HUNDRED_ONLY   0x00020000
+#define NUM2_ORDINAL_AND_THOUSANDS 0x00040000
+#define NUM2_ORDINAL_DROP_VOWEL    0x00080000 // currently only for tens and units
+#define NUM2_ZERO_TENS             0x00100000
 	// bits 1-4  use variant form of numbers before thousands,millions,etc.
 	// bits 6-8  use different forms of thousand, million, etc (M MA MB)
 	// bit9=(LANG=rw) say "thousand" and "million" before its number, not after