O/T - Are you smarter than a 10 year old......?
Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 5:27 pmIn French, what number follows ninety-eight (98)?
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Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 5:27 pmRe: O/T - Are you smarter than a 10 year old......?
Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 5:34 pmquatre-vingt-dix-neuf
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Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 5:38 pmNot according to Doris, and she did the shopping for over 3 years 
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Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 7:55 pmQuick bump, just in case anyone has a bit of inspiration before bedtime.
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Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:00 pmB*ll*cks ....... I'd know this if I'd paid more attention at Carnforth High all those years ago !
And French was my strongest subject, but can I remember ??? Nope.
if pushed, I would have said quatre vingt dix neuf too.
And to think ... i work for a French Company .........
And French was my strongest subject, but can I remember ??? Nope.
if pushed, I would have said quatre vingt dix neuf too.
And to think ... i work for a French Company .........
Re: O/T - Are you smarter than a 10 year old......?
Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:01 pmmy misus says that outsider is right.
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Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:02 pmSeasider9601 wrote:And to think ... i work for a French Company .........
Too much vin rough mate
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Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:03 pmMy 13 year old daughter said Q-V-D-N too actually !! And she DOESN'T go to Carnforth High !!
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Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:13 pmThere is no word for "eighty" in standard French,* instead 80 is quatre-vingts, literally four-twenties (think "four-score"). 81 is quatre-vingt-un (four-twenty-one), 82 is quatre-vingt-deux (four-twenty-two), and so on, all the way up to 89.
80 quatre-vingts
81 quatre-vingt-un
82 quatre-vingt-deux
83 quatre-vingt-trois
84 quatre-vingt-quatre
85 quatre-vingt-cinq
86 quatre-vingt-six
87 quatre-vingt-sept
88 quatre-vingt-huit
89 quatre-vingt-neuf
There's no word for ninety either, so you continue using quatre-vingt and adding from ten. 90 is quatre-vingt-dix (four-twenty-ten), 91 is quatre-vingt-onze (four-twenty-eleven), etc.
90 quatre-vingt-dix
91 quatre-vingt-onze
92 quatre-vingt-douze
93 quatre-vingt-treize
94 quatre-vingt-quatorze
95 quatre-vingt-quinze
96 quatre-vingt-seize
97 quatre-vingt-dix-sept
98 quatre-vingt-dix-huit
99 quatre-vingt-dix-neuf
*Once again, Switzerland and Belgium are exceptions. In Switzerland, 80 is huitante, but it's still quatre-vingts in Belgium. In both countries, 90 is nonante.
Re: O/T - Are you smarter than a 10 year old......?
Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:15 pmWheres DL when we need him?????? He has a French wife to be ya know
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Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:17 pmoutsider wrote:There is no word for "eighty" in standard French,* instead 80 is quatre-vingts, literally four-twenties (think "four-score"). 81 is quatre-vingt-un (four-twenty-one), 82 is quatre-vingt-deux (four-twenty-two), and so on, all the way up to 89.
80 quatre-vingts
81 quatre-vingt-un
82 quatre-vingt-deux
83 quatre-vingt-trois
84 quatre-vingt-quatre
85 quatre-vingt-cinq
86 quatre-vingt-six
87 quatre-vingt-sept
88 quatre-vingt-huit
89 quatre-vingt-neuf
There's no word for ninety either, so you continue using quatre-vingt and adding from ten. 90 is quatre-vingt-dix (four-twenty-ten), 91 is quatre-vingt-onze (four-twenty-eleven), etc.
90 quatre-vingt-dix
91 quatre-vingt-onze
92 quatre-vingt-douze
93 quatre-vingt-treize
94 quatre-vingt-quatorze
95 quatre-vingt-quinze
96 quatre-vingt-seize
97 quatre-vingt-dix-sept
98 quatre-vingt-dix-huit
99 quatre-vingt-dix-neuf
*Once again, Switzerland and Belgium are exceptions. In Switzerland, 80 is huitante, but it's still quatre-vingts in Belgium. In both countries, 90 is nonante.
Good on you Outsider !! I'm sat here trying to convince myself we were both right !!!
Maybe my Carny High years weren't so bad after all !
Re: O/T - Are you smarter than a 10 year old......?
Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:17 pmBet you can't explain English as well!
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Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:48 pmDoris says "Neufy-neuf", et bon nuit
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Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 10:38 pmOù est Matty quand on a besoin de lui?
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Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2010 11:50 pmPeter wrote:In French, what number follows ninety-eight (98)?
In French, the number that follows ninety-eight (98)....is ninety-nine (99).
Re: O/T - Are you smarter than a 10 year old......?
Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2010 5:48 amPeter wrote:Doris says "Neufy-neuf", et bon nuit
So, she's not smarter than a 10 year old