O/T - Are you smarter than a 10 year old......?

[Plain Peter]

In French, what number follows ninety-eight (98)?

[outsider]

quatre-vingt-dix-neuf

[Plain Peter]

Not according to Doris, and she did the shopping for over 3 years

[Plain Peter]

Quick bump, just in case anyone has a bit of inspiration before bedtime.

[Seasider9601]

B*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 .........

[halftimeresults]

my misus says that outsider is right.

[Plain Peter]

And to think ... i work for a French Company .........

Too much vin rough mate

[Seasider9601]

My 13 year old daughter said Q-V-D-N too actually !! And she DOESN'T go to Carnforth High !!

[outsider]

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.

[outsider]

Wheres DL when we need him?????? He has a French wife to be ya know

[Seasider9601]

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 !

[marky No.1]

Bet you can't explain English as well!

[Plain Peter]

Doris says "Neufy-neuf", et bon nuit

[Keith]

Où est Matty quand on a besoin de lui?

[Alan]

In French, what number follows ninety-eight (98)?

In French, the number that follows ninety-eight (98)....is ninety-nine (99).

[Plain Peter]

Doris says "Neufy-neuf", et bon nuit

So, she's not smarter than a 10 year old