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6.3.1 Some more details about cardinal numbers
The table on the previous page shows some specialties that we should have a look at in more detail.
Between tens and units there is a hyphen. After the hundred there is no hyphen. The difference is only in writing not in pronunciation.
soixante
-
trois
cent cinquante
-
neuf
cent cinq
In eighty, quatre vingts, there is a
s
, which is omitted, when units follow.
quatre vingt
s
quatre vingt-cinq
quatre vingt-quinze
Stands the hundred alone, there is a
s
added, which is omitted, when tens or units follow.
trois cent
s
trois cent cinq
trois cent cinquante-trois
Follows an one after the ten, it is added with
et
until 80. Other units do not use the
et.
quarante
et
un
quarante-deux
quarante-huit
quatre-vingt-un
(without et)
The number one (un) has to match according to the gender of the noun, to which it refers.
cinquante et
une
femmes
cinquante et
un
hommes
trent et
une
maisons
trente et
un
arbres
The thousand does not have a plural
s
when standing alone.
deux mille
trois mille cinq cent trent-quatre
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