diff --git a/mitterlib/ui/helpers/timesince.py b/mitterlib/ui/helpers/timesince.py
index 268f4f9..013296a 100644
--- a/mitterlib/ui/helpers/timesince.py
+++ b/mitterlib/ui/helpers/timesince.py
@@ -66,11 +66,12 @@ def timesince(timestamp):
         # all divs in Python 2.x are integers; we'll have to check this again
         # when we change to Python 3.
 
-        result.append('%s %s' % (part, name))
+        result.append('%s %s' % (part, name(part)))
         since -= (seconds * part)
 
     # since now only have seconds (which are out of our "chunks")
-    result.append(N_('%s second', '%s seconds', since))
+    seconds = N_('second', 'seconds', since)
+    result.append('%d %s' % (since, seconds))
 
     whole_message = ', '.join(result)
     return _('%s ago') % (whole_message)