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Counting and Language - French with Video

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Wednesday, 27 May 2015, at 2:53 p.m.

In Response To: Counting and Language - French with Video (eXtreme Gammon)

Xavier wrote:

I think the most irregular point is the x1 number with x in [2..9]. all are using "xxx et un(onze)" except 81 (Quatre-vingts un) and 91(Quatre-vingts onze).

For me the most irregular point is that 80 is "quatre-vingts" while 81 (along with subsequent numbers) is "quatre-vingt-un". Judging from what you wrote above, I gather that this irregularity trips up even native speakers occasionally.

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