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Thursday, July 27, 2006

French for seventy, eighty, and ninety

Interesting, I have just learned that French has no real words for seventy, eighty, and ninety.

Seventy in French is: Soixante-dix; literally, sixty ten (or 60 + 10)
Eighty in French is: Quatre-vingts; literally four twenty (or 4 * 20)
Ninety in French is: Quatre-vingt-dix; literally four twenty ten (or 4 * 20 + 10)

What ever happened to the metric system? ;-)

7/27/2006 8:32:27 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00) Comments [10] Personal

5/1/2007 6:46:53 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)

Actually, there are equivalent of words for the numbers in French. Somehow they are not used in Quebec French. In Parisien French, apparantly there are words for them. I just found out today:

Seventy: Septante
Eighty: Octante
Ninty: Neunante

It will be SO MUCH easier if French people use these numbers but I am not sure why they don't.

Hope this helps.

Angela |angelatradeAT NOSPAMmail dot com

5/11/2007 2:29:53 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)

I forgot all of my French from high school.

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5/11/2007 2:30:39 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)

It's tough learning a new language now.

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5/11/2007 2:31:18 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)

Francais kicked my but big time.

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5/11/2007 2:31:49 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)

It's easier if you know Spanish.