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Tooting Carmen
03-05-2021, 12:06 AM
I.e. do you say 'soixante-dix', 'quatre-vingts' and 'quatre-vingts dix' or 'septante', 'huitante' and 'nonante'?

Ouistreham
03-05-2021, 01:52 AM
• The answer is easy: Dutch speaking Belgians and German speaking Swiss learn at school to pronounce septante and nonante like their French speaking countrymen.
(But the Dutch, the Germans and Austrians learn soixante-dix and quatre-vingts dix)

• In Africa, former Belgian dominions (Congo, Rwanda and Burundi) are taught septante and nonante.

• BTW, one small mistake: huitante doesn't belong to the Belgian numbering system. It's only used in a Central-Eastern part of French speaking Switzerland (you never hear it in Geneva)

Flashball
03-05-2021, 02:27 AM
Normal.

NSXD60
03-05-2021, 03:50 AM
Trad, unfortunately, the simpler one would be an improvement.

Tooting Carmen
03-07-2021, 05:24 PM
Trad, unfortunately, the simpler one would be an improvement.

Oui, ca serait vrai. :D