20 and 100 should have an 's' when multiplied and NOT followed by a number thus
386= trois-cent-quatre-vingt-six but
380= trois-cent-quatre-vingts
The french Academy "recommends" to treat millier/million/milliard differently.
200,200,200 = deux-centS millionS deux-cent-mille-deux-centS
explanation:
million is a noun and deux-cents millions is like any other deux-cents
something,
200,200 is deux-cent-mille-deux-cents
If you use 'milliers' (not a number but=1000) instead of 'mille' then
200 milliers= deux-centS milliers
if this seems confusing welcome to the club.
I wouldn't worry too much about getting it EXACTLY right (I like the french
Academy's
"recommendation") and anyone challenging you will probably be wrong...
/D
--- Roger Hui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > un milliard quatre millions deux cents
> > vingt-quatre mille
>
> Do you mean to have the "s" on "millions" and
> "cents"? The rule that Dan Baronet described
> was no "s" after a unit name if it is not
> the last word of the number phrase, and I have
> seen the same description elsewhere.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: JC Coez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Thursday, June 14, 2007 1:10 am
> Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Numbers in French
>
> > >> e. After "million", "milliard" ("billion"), or
> > >> "trillion", there is a "de" before the trailing
> > >> words. Thus, 1,004,224,000 is "un milliard de
> > >> quatre millions de deux cents vingt-quatre mille".
> > >
> > > I never heard anyone add the 'de' but then again not too many
> > people I
> > > know use these
> > > numbers...
> > >
> >
> > I personaly would say "un milliard quatre millions deux cents
> > vingt-quatre
> > mille" without 'de'.
> >
> > JCC
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