We just learned how to
count to 79 in French, let's keep going!
Just like seventy was really sixty-ten, eighty is also a little different.
The word for eighty is
quatre-vingts which means
four-twenties
because 20 times 4 is 80!
80
quatre-vingts - sounds like cat-uh-ah vah-n /
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81
quatre-vingts-un - sounds like cat-uh-ah vah-nt un /
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82
quatre vingt deux - sounds like cat-uh-ah vah-n doo /
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83
quatre vingt trois - sounds like cat-uh-ah vah-n twa /
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84
quatre vingt quatre - sounds like cat-uh-ah vah-n cat-uh /
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85
quatre vingt cinq - sounds like cat-uh-ah vah-n sahn /
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86
quatre vingt six - sounds like cat-uh-ah vah-n see /
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87
quatre vingt sept - sounds like cat-uh-ah vah-n set /
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88
quatre vingt huit - sounds like cat-uh-ah vah-n oo-ee /
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89
quatre vingt neuf - sounds like cat-uh-ah vah-n nef /
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(from: wikipedia -
OIF)