We should use words for the integer and single number for the decimal. For ex - 1.80 should be pronounced as "one point eight zero" or just "one point eight" and not "one point eighty". Similary a number 235.81 should be pronounced as "two hundred and thirty five point eight one" and not "two hundred and thirty five point eighty one" Please correct me if I am wrong. Madan (USMA Member) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
At 20:59 -0400 01/05/2, Norman Werling wrote: >The subject is my height. > >In English, I would say this "one point eighty metres". Right? > >I am anticipating tomorrow's noon-time French class and I know that the >French would write it 1,80 m. > >The question is how to say it. Would I say "un virgule quatre-vingt m�tres" >or "une pointe quatre-vingt m�tres"? or "un m�tre quartre-vingt" or "un >m�tre quatre-vingt centim�tres"? > >Norm The correct answer is "un m�tre quatre-vingt". Now if you want to be totally correct, Norm, you should write "un m�tre quatre-vingts" with a "s" at the end of vingt. The rule is that when 20 or 100 are in a number implying a multiplication, they are in the plural form, except if they are followed by another number or if it is a date. Examples : 1,80 m = "un m�tre quatre-vingts" 1,83 m = "un m�tre quatre-vingt trois" 600 km = "six cents kilom�tres" 650 km = "six cent cinquante kilom�tres" en 1904 = "en mille neuf cent quatre" en 1900 = "en mille neuf cent" I accept this is "advanced" knowledge, ignored by many educated French speaking people ! Congratulations, Norm.
