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twenty-one
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., grand, petit).
1. (number)
a. vingt et un
There are exactly twenty-one 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 vingt et une étoiles phosphorescentes au plafond de ma chambre, et mon petit frère tient absolument à les compter tous les soirs.
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 vingt et un (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 a twenty-one.Je crois que le numéro de téléphone de Declan se termine par un vingt et un.
A pronoun is a word that stands in for a noun (e.g., elle, lui).
a. vingt et un
Last week, I still had hundreds of exams to grade. Now I'm down to twenty-one.La semaine dernière, j'avais encore des centaines de copies d'examen à corriger. Aujourd'hui, il ne m'en reste plus que vingt et un.
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