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French numbers come naturally to me, up to 69, then my brain slows down. Like for any foreign speaker, I assume. For those who don't know French, 70 is "sixty
by Uberphallus 8y ago
French numbers come naturally to me, up to 69, then my brain slows down. Like for any foreign speaker, I assume.
For those who don't know French, 70 is "sixty ten" all the way to "sixty nineteen" at 79, then from 80 to 99 "four twenties" to "four twenties nineteen".
Another effect is that my French phone number comes out naturally in French, same for all the phone numbers of all the countries I've had a phone in.
- seszett 8y agoYou could use the Belgian and Swiss way to say 70 and 90: septante and nonante. They work just like the other -ante numbers, 79 is just septante-neuf, 99 nonante-neuf. It's a bit weird at first for French people, but easy to understand and much easier for you to use. 80 is huitante in some places in Switzerland, it's much less common (and many people expect "octante" instead, which is even less common) but people would still understand.
- tom_mellior 8y agoProducing the numbers is the easier part. Not losing the thread of the conversation when someone else tells you something about sixty-thirteen is the hard part.