Gollum to [email protected]English • 1 year agoHow to say the number 92i.imgur.comimagemessage-square199fedilinkarrow-up1788arrow-down116 cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1772arrow-down1imageHow to say the number 92i.imgur.comGollum to [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square199fedilink cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish46•1 year agoEnglish is 90 + 2. Ninety is its own distinct word. French is similar to English (base ten) but after 60 it gets weird and then at 80 switches to base 20 until 99. 70 in French is 60 + 10 80 and above in French is 4 × 20 + what ever number is needed to get there.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish11•edit-21 year agoSo to say 102 in French, you’d say four-times-twenty-plus-twenty-two. I don’t believe you. EDIT: What in the actual fuck. You were right. 😳
minus-squarewkklinkfedilinkEnglish7•1 year ago102 is “hundred-two” so it’s only weird for 70 “sixty-ten”, 80 “four-twenty” and 90 “four-twenty-ten”… But the way I learned it each was like it’s own word, even if it’s not. Just don’t think about it too much!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoWhy don’t they have separate words for seventy, eighty and ninety?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•1 year agoThey do, but they’re only used in some regions. Septante, huitante, nonante.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoWhy are they only used in some regions? Is it like a French redneck thing or a French poncy thing or…?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•1 year agoI honestly don’t know the history. I just know that Belgian French uses septante and nonante, Swiss French uses huitante as well. I think it’s more comparable to the vocabulary differences between for example American and British English.
minus-squaresetVeryLoud(true);linkfedilinkEnglish8•edit-21 year agoIn Belgium, it’s Septante, Huitante, and Nonante.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-21 year agoNobody says huitante in Belgium. It’s 60, 70, 4*20, 90. edit: Downvote all you want. If you say huitante in Belgium, everyone will know you’re not from Belgium. Belgians say Soixante, Septante, Quatre-vingt, Nonante. Even in the dutch language part, that’s how they learn french. If you say Soixante-dix or Quatre-vingt-dix, everyone will know you’re french and not Belgian. Pretty simple…
minus-squaresetVeryLoud(true);linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoInteresting, I always thought huitante was common place there, thanks for correcting me
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoNonante, not neuvante but yes. In Switzerland and Québec too if I’m not mistaken.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-21 year agoIn Quebec it’s: 60: 60, 70: 60 10, 71: 60 11, 77: 60 10 7, 78: 60 10 8, 79: 60 10 9, 80: 4 20 (hehe), 81: 4 20 1, 90: 4 20 10, 97: 4 20 10 7, 98: 4 20 10 8, 99: 4 20 10 9
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoI believe in québécois French they use octante instead of huitante
minus-squaresetVeryLoud(true);linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agono, we say soixante, soixante-dix, quatre-vingt, quatre-vingt dix in Quebec :P
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoAh my mistake, I thought you guys were sensible :P
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-21 year agoNo, we use quatre-vignt dix (4x20+10), just like the French. If anyone is using octante or huitante, it is not common parlance to say the least.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoYou mean quatre-vingt, not quatre-vingt-dix right?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoSeriously, french counting from 20 to 99 is fucked up seven ways sideways… what were they thinking
English is 90 + 2. Ninety is its own distinct word.
French is similar to English (base ten) but after 60 it gets weird and then at 80 switches to base 20 until 99.
70 in French is 60 + 10 80 and above in French is 4 × 20 + what ever number is needed to get there.
So to say 102 in French, you’d say four-times-twenty-plus-twenty-two.
I don’t believe you.
EDIT: What in the actual fuck. You were right. 😳
No. 102 in French is “cent deux”.
102 is “hundred-two” so it’s only weird for 70 “sixty-ten”, 80 “four-twenty” and 90 “four-twenty-ten”…
But the way I learned it each was like it’s own word, even if it’s not. Just don’t think about it too much!
Why don’t they have separate words for seventy, eighty and ninety?
They do, but they’re only used in some regions. Septante, huitante, nonante.
Why are they only used in some regions? Is it like a French redneck thing or a French poncy thing or…?
I honestly don’t know the history. I just know that Belgian French uses septante and nonante, Swiss French uses huitante as well. I think it’s more comparable to the vocabulary differences between for example American and British English.
In Belgium, it’s Septante, Huitante, and Nonante.
Nobody says huitante in Belgium.
It’s 60, 70, 4*20, 90.
edit: Downvote all you want. If you say huitante in Belgium, everyone will know you’re not from Belgium.
Belgians say Soixante, Septante, Quatre-vingt, Nonante. Even in the dutch language part, that’s how they learn french.
If you say Soixante-dix or Quatre-vingt-dix, everyone will know you’re french and not Belgian. Pretty simple…
Interesting, I always thought huitante was common place there, thanks for correcting me
Nonante, not neuvante but yes. In Switzerland and Québec too if I’m not mistaken.
In Quebec it’s: 60: 60, 70: 60 10, 71: 60 11, 77: 60 10 7, 78: 60 10 8, 79: 60 10 9, 80: 4 20 (hehe), 81: 4 20 1, 90: 4 20 10, 97: 4 20 10 7, 98: 4 20 10 8, 99: 4 20 10 9
Don’t you dish French in Quebec?
Ah comme en France alors !
I believe in québécois French they use octante instead of huitante
no, we say soixante, soixante-dix, quatre-vingt, quatre-vingt dix in Quebec :P
Ah my mistake, I thought you guys were sensible :P
No, we use quatre-vignt dix (4x20+10), just like the French. If anyone is using octante or huitante, it is not common parlance to say the least.
You mean quatre-vingt, not quatre-vingt-dix right?
In spanish is also 90 + 2
Seriously, french counting from 20 to 99 is fucked up seven ways sideways… what were they thinking