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eighty-nine
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., grand, petit).
1. (number)
a. quatre-vingt-neuf
There are exactly eighty-nine glow-in-the-dark star stickers on the ceiling of my bedroom, and my little brother insists on counting them every night.Il y a exactement quatre-vingt-neuf étoiles phosphorescentes au plafond de ma chambre, et mon petit frère tient absolument à les compter tous les soirs.
b. huitante-neuf (Belgium) (Switzerland)
Regionalism used in Belgium.
Regionalism used in Switzerland.
Dan has fostered eighty-nine cats in the past three years.Dan a accueilli huitante-neuf chats au cours des trois dernières années.
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-vingt-neuf (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).
I think Declan's phone number ends in an eighty-nine.Je crois que le numéro de téléphone de Declan se termine par un quatre-vingt-neuf.
b. le huitante-neuf (M) (Belgium) (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 Belgium.
Regionalism used in Switzerland.
I'm only waiting on eighty-nine to get a blackout.Il ne me manque plus que le huitante-neuf pour avoir un carton plein.
A pronoun is a word that stands in for a noun (e.g., elle, lui).
a. quatre-vingt-neuf
Last week, I still had hundreds of exams to grade. Now I'm down to eighty-nine.La semaine dernière, j'avais encore des centaines de copies d'examen à corriger. Aujourd'hui, il ne m'en reste plus que quatre-vingt-neuf.
b. huitante-neuf (Belgium) (Switzerland)
Regionalism used in Belgium.
Regionalism used in Switzerland.
How many copies do you need? - At least eighty-nine.Il vous faut combien de copies ? - Au moins huitante-neuf.
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