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> 99 for example is expressed as "eighty nineteen" Actually it's four-twenty-ten-nine (quatre vingt dix neuf) -- -- which is perfectly logical on a twenty-bas
by mseebach 9y ago
> 99 for example is expressed as "eighty nineteen"
Actually it's four-twenty-ten-nine (quatre vingt dix neuf) --
-- which is perfectly logical on a twenty-based numbering system. Of course it's not very helpful that they switched to ten-based, but only up to 60.
http://www.woodwardfrench.com/lesson/numbers-from-1-to-100-in-french/ http://www.woodwardfrench.com/lesson/numbers-from-1-to-100-i...