How do French people say 90?
How do French people say 90?
90 is quatre-vingt-dix (four times twenty and ten)
Why is there no word for eighty in French?
There was a short period during the Middle Ages when the roman versions ‘septante’, ‘huitante’ and ‘nonante’ looked like they were going to stick but then tradition partially prevailed for the French and they managed to reclaim their ancient ways of saying eighty (quatre-vingt) to ninety-nine (quatre-vingt-dix-neuf).
What is the number for Neuf?
9
Numbers in French: 1-20
| Number | In French | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | six | sees |
| 7 | sept | set |
| 8 | huit | wheet |
| 9 | neuf | nuhf |
Where do they say Nonante?
The Belgians, Canadians and the French-speaking Swiss all have reasonable words for these numbers (septante, huitante or octante and nonante), which any French person will grudgingly understand.
How do you say 80 in Switzerland?
That gives septante (70), quatre-vingt (80) and nonante (90). On the contrary, the Swiss are consistent with the numerical logic and say septante (70), huitante (80) and nonante (90)! Even if sometimes, as in Neuchâtel, some people also say quatre-vingt… What a headache!
How do you say 84 in French?
Listen to the French pronunciations using the following audio recording….Vocabulary.
| NUMBER | FRENCH SPELLING |
|---|---|
| 81 | quatre-vingt-un* |
| 82 | quatre-vingt-deux |
| 83 | quatre-vingt-trois |
| 84 | quatre-vingt-quatre |
How is 70 Spelt in French?
70 = soixante-dix which is “60 + 10” 80 = quatre-vingts which is “four 20s”
Who uses Nonante?
What is Nonante?
(Switzerland, Belgium, Congo, Rwanda, Acadian) ninety synonym ▲
How do Belgians say 80 in French?
80 = quatre-vingt, Zut! For some reason this is still how you say 80 in Belgian French.
Why are French numbers weird?
The number system in French is derived from that used in Gaulish, the Celtic language spoken in France before the modern Romance language drove it out. If you look at the counting systems of modern Celtic languages like Welsh or Scottish Gaelic, you’ll see a similar pattern to that in French.
How do you say 80 in French?
In French, 80 is “four-twenties”. From here on things get a bit more familiar. Here you say “four-twenties-one”, “four-twenties-two”, “four-twenties-three” etc. However for 81 the “et” is excluded.
How do you write 21 31 41 51 in French?
The numbers 21, 31, 41, 51, and 61 join the numbers with the conjunction ”and” or et (ay) in French, as in vingt et un. The other numbers are joined by a hyphen, like in English.
What are the numbers between 21 and 69 in French?
You will quickly notice a pattern for all the numbers between 21 and 69. The numbers 21, 31, 41, 51, and 61 join the numbers with the conjunction ”and” or et (ay) in French, as in vingt et un. The other numbers are joined by a hyphen, like in English.
How do you Say 68 in French?
French numbers from 1 to 100 have some nuances that should be remembered. As we can see, when it ends in 1, the famous and, in this way 21 is said twenty one, 61 is said soixante et a, etc. The rest of the numbers are formed in the logical way, the only thing is that you have to join them with a hyphen. Thus, 68 is 60 + 8, that is, soixante-huit.
