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<div class="h5p-element h5p-element-button-big h5p-transparent"> <div class="h5p-element-outer h5p-advancedtext-outer-element"> <div class="h5p-element-inner h5p-advanced-text"> <p>Learning numbers will be crucial in situation like telling time, buying things, and counting anything you want.</p> <iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="411" src="https://pressbooks.pub/introductiontofrench1/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=h5p_embed&id=128" title="Nombres" width="686"></iframe><script src="https://pressbooks.pub/app/plugins/h5p/h5p-php-library/js/h5p-resizer.js" charset="UTF-8"></script></div> </div> </div> <div class="h5p-element h5p-element-button-big h5p-transparent"> <div class="h5p-element-outer h5p-advancedtext-outer-element"> <div class="h5p-element-inner h5p-advanced-text"> <p>From <strong>61 to 99</strong>, the base 20 is used (inheritance from Celtic languages)</p> <p style="padding-left: 40px"><span style="color:#0000ff;">☞ <strong> <span style="color:#0000ff;">70</span> </strong>:<strong> soixante-dix</strong> </span> [60+10]</p> <p style="padding-left: 40px"><span style="color:#0000ff;">☞ <strong> </strong>79 : <strong>soixante-dix-neuf</strong></span> [60+10+9],</p> <p style="padding-left: 40px"><span style="color:#0000ff;">☞ 80 : <strong>quatre-vingts</strong></span><strong> </strong> [4*20]</p> <p style="padding-left: 40px"><span style="color:#0000ff;">☞ <strong> </strong>90:</span> <strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">quatre-vingt-dix</span></strong> [4*20+10]</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="h5p-element h5p-element-button-big h5p-transparent"> <div class="h5p-element-outer h5p-advancedtext-outer-element"> <div class="h5p-element-inner h5p-advanced-text"> <p>The number <strong>80</strong> (<strong>quatre-vingt)</strong> only takes an <span class="mt-color-ff0000"><strong>s</strong> </span>in <span style="text-decoration:underline;">round numbers</span></p> <p style="padding-left: 40px"><span style="color:#0000ff;">☞ </span> <span class="mt-color-ff0000"><span style="color:#0000ff;">80 : </span></span><strong><span class="mt-color-ff0000"><span style="color:#0000ff;">quatre-</span><span style="color:#0000ff;">vingt</span>s</span></strong></p> <p style="padding-left: 40px"><span style="color:#0000ff;">☞ 280 : </span><strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">deux cent quatre-</span><span style="color:#0000ff;">vingt</span><span class="mt-color-ff0000">s</span></strong></p> <p>It also takes an<span class="mt-color-ff0000"><strong>s</strong></span> when <span style="text-decoration:underline;">followed by a noun</span>:</p> <p style="padding-left: 40px"><span style="color:#0000ff;">☞ Le tour du monde en <strong>quatre-vingt<span class="mt-color-ff0000">s</span></strong> <span style="text-decoration:underline;">jours</span>.</span> <span style="color:#808080;"><em>Around the world in eighty days.</em></span></p> <p>It is <span style="text-decoration:underline;">invariable</span> for all other numbers</p> <p style="padding-left: 40px"><span style="color:#0000ff;">☞ 82 : <strong>quatre-vingt-deux </strong></span><span> </span></p> </div> <div class="h5p-element-inner h5p-advanced-text"><span style="text-align:initial;font-size:1em;">The number</span> <strong style="text-align: initial;font-size: 1em"> 100</strong> <strong style="text-align: initial;font-size: 1em">cent</strong><span style="text-align:initial;font-size:1em;"> only takes an </span><span class="mt-color-ff0000"><strong style="text-align: initial;font-size: 1em">s</strong></span> <span style="text-align:initial;font-size:1em;">in <span style="text-decoration:underline;">round numbers</span> </span></div> <div class="h5p-element-inner h5p-advanced-text" style="padding-left: 40px"><strong style="text-align: initial;font-size: 1em"><span style="color:#0000ff;">☞ </span></strong> <span class="mt-color-ff0000"><span style="color:#0000ff;">200, 300 <span>etc.</span> : </span></span><span style="color:#0000ff;"><strong style="text-align: initial;font-size: 1em">deux cent<span class="mt-color-ff0000">s</span></strong><span style="text-align:initial;font-size:1em;">, </span><strong style="text-align: initial;font-size: 1em">trois cent<span class="mt-color-ff0000">s</span></strong></span> <span style="text-align:initial;font-size:1em;">etc.</span></div> <p><span style="text-align:initial;font-size:1em;">For all other numbers it is invariable</span></p> </div> <div class="h5p-element-outer h5p-advancedtext-outer-element" style="padding-left: 40px"><strong style="text-align: initial;font-size: 1em"><span style="color:#0000ff;">☞ </span></strong><span style="color:#0000ff;">611 : </span><strong style="text-align: initial;font-size: 1em"><span style="color:#0000ff;">six cent onze </span></strong></div> </div>
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