Gollum@feddit.de to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 1 year agoHow to say the number 92i.imgur.comimagemessage-square196fedilinkarrow-up1775arrow-down116 cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1759arrow-down1imageHow to say the number 92i.imgur.comGollum@feddit.de to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square196fedilink cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareJonC@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·1 year agoThey do speak French, but some numbers are different, including 90. https://swissfrenchschool.ch/blog/en/french-vocabulary/numbers
minus-squareRollForInitiative@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoI (german speaking part of switzerland) actually did learn it this way (90+2, nonante-deux) when learning french in school, in addition to 80 (huitante). Though we were told about the french way 420 and 420+10 etc.
minus-squarejoneskind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoOh? “huitante” instead of “octante” ? EDIT: Checked on Wikipedia, both are valid in Switzerland and Acadia (Nova Scotia) but “octante” is older and tend to be abandoned
minus-squarejoneskind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoIn Switzerland, French speaking people say “septante” “octante” and “nonante” instead of “soixante-dix” “quatre-vingt” et “quatre-vingt-dix”.
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They do speak French, but some numbers are different, including 90.
https://swissfrenchschool.ch/blog/en/french-vocabulary/numbers
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I (german speaking part of switzerland) actually did learn it this way (90+2, nonante-deux) when learning french in school, in addition to 80 (huitante). Though we were told about the french way 420 and 420+10 etc.
Oh? “huitante” instead of “octante” ?
EDIT: Checked on Wikipedia, both are valid in Switzerland and Acadia (Nova Scotia) but “octante” is older and tend to be abandoned
In Switzerland, French speaking people say “septante” “octante” and “nonante” instead of “soixante-dix” “quatre-vingt” et “quatre-vingt-dix”.