eighty
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eighty
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., grand, petit).
1. (number)
a. quatre-vingts
The journey time is eighty minutes.La durée du trajet est de quatre-vingts minutes.
b. huitante (Switzerland)
Regionalism used in Switzerland.
There are eighty books on the shelf.Il y a huitante livres sur l'étagère.
A noun is a word that refers to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., femme, chat, maison).
2. (number)
a. le quatre-vingts (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. French nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la dame or la lune) or masculine (like l'homme or le soleil).
Eighty plus twenty equals a hundred.Quatre-vingts plus vingt font cent.
b. le huitante (M) (Switzerland)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. French nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la dame or la lune) or masculine (like l'homme or le soleil).
Regionalism used in Switzerland.
Does this say eighty? I can't read your handwriting.C’est écrit huitante ? Je n’arrive pas à lire ton écriture.
A pronoun is a word that stands in for a noun (e.g., elle, lui).
a. quatre-vingts
How many students attended the lecture? - Around eighty, I think.Combien d'étudiants ont assisté à la conférence ? - Environ quatre-vingts, je crois.
b. huitante (Switzerland)
Regionalism used in Switzerland.
The novel has four hundred pages. I've read eighty so far.Le roman compte quatre cents pages. J’en ai lu huitante jusqu’à présent.
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