> 80 (octante in BE)
Nope. That’s switzerland, belgians completely illogically have kept the 20-based naming here.
Thanks the for correction.
So do Belgians do it 100% like the french? Or so they mix a bit of FR and CH?
The latter.
In Belgium (belgian french) we don't say "octante" for 80 (said in Switzerland maybe) but "quatre-vingts" (four twenty. 4-20). So 87 is said "quatre-vingt-sept" (four twenty seven). For 70 and 90 it is right.
Re:Why are German numbers backwards?
by anotherboffin on Sunday November 28, 2021 @10:43AM
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Depends on the canton in Switzerland. To my knowledge most say “huitante” except for Geneva which says “quatre-vingt”.
Most people I know (from various Romand cantons) actually use both a bit randomly, I assume due to the strong French influence. What's funny is that they don't realise it until you point it out.
Octante as far as I know has been dead for a while and is not used anywhere, in Switzerland or elsewhere.
If your French is bad like mine you can get away with those even in France.
70: soixante-dix (FR) "sixty-ten". Septante (BE) is literally seventy (seven decades), which is much better.
And so on and so forth for 80 (octante in BE) and 90 (nonante).
Edit: fixed seventy