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French speaking Canadian, I still say soixante-dix, quatre-vingt, and quatre-vingt-dix.

• thaumasiotes 7y ago
  Wait, is it quatre-vingt or quatre-vingts? Is there a context that would distinguish the pronunciation of those two?
  • ccccc0 7y ago
    Quatre-vingts, quatre-vingt-un, quatre-vingt-deux... quatre-vingt mille, quatre-vingts millions. This doesn't affect pronounciation in general, because this s is silent... except in the context of liaisons, such that you would say "quatre-vingts (z')avions" and not "quatre-vingt (t')avions", although in colloquial speech, nobody cares. In written form, I expect many of my fellow French native speakers to do the mistake or at least be uncertain. We mostly write it "80" anyway.
  • jobigoud 7y ago
    Spelling depends on various things. If it's followed by another number, then its singular: quatre-vingt-trois. Otherwise, it's plural, quatre-vingts. Unless it's an ordinal / noun, J'habite au quatre-vingt rue de la Paix. Pronunciation is the same, unless there is a liaison: elle a quatre-vingts ans = there will be a 'z' sound between vingts and ans. FYI, I'm a native speaker and I had to look the spelling part up to be sure. There are other rules with other exceptions for cent, mille, million, milliard.