10 FRENCH BOOKS RELATING TO «IN-QUATRE-VINGT»
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in-quatre-vingt in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
in-quatre-vingt and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in French literature.
1
Practical instruction
in the French language. Course 1
In quatre-vingt, quatre- vingt un, etc., the t is always mute. , The numbers 21, 31,
41, etc., are expressed by vingt-un, trente-un, quarante-un ; but more frequently
by vingt et un, trente et un, etc. But 8 1 is always expressed by quatre- vingt- un, ...
2
Pinney and Arnoult's French Grammar, a New Method, Combining ...
In vingt, t is sounded before a vowel, and rarely at the end of a phrase ; it must ho
distinctly heard in vingt et un, vingt-deux, etc,; but in quatre-vingt-un, quatre-vingt-
deux, etc., the t is never sounded. 2. Vingt and cen£ take a when multiplied by ...
Norman Pinney, Émile Arnoult,
1867
3
L'introducteur Français, or first principles of the French ...
... before all others ; 5th, that from sixty to eighty and from eighty to hundred, the
first twenty numbers are repeated ; 6th and finally, that although the t in vingt from
twenty to thirty is sounded, it is mute in quatre-vingt from eighty to hundred.
Charles Augustin Coulomb,
1829
4
Nature displayed
in her mode of teaching language to man: ...
Vingt, in quatre-vingt, is invariable, when followed by another number. —
Example: Cette montre me coûte quatre- ! This watch cost me eighty.six vingt-six
gumees gumeas. But, should it be followed by a noun, then it also takes an s.
5
Nouveau dictionnaire universel de la langue française
Cette jolie boite était plate et de la dimension d'un volume in-quarto. (H. de Balz.)
IN-QUATRE- VINGT-SEIZE, n. m. Pron. ain- ka-tre-vain-cèz. — Impr. et libr. Livre
dont les feuilles sont pliées en quatre-vingt-seize feuillets et contiennent cent ...
6
Dialogue de poche, dialogues
in French and English
The t in vingt is not sounded at the end of a sentence, as, il y en a vingt. Neither is
it sounded before a consonant, as, vingt soldats. The t is not sounded in the
series of numbers from quatre vingts lo cent, not even in quatre vingt un ; but the t
in ...
A Bernard (teacher at Waterford.),
1840
7
French pronunciation and orthography
In vingt-un, 21 ; vingt-deux, &c., up to vingt-neuf, 29, the t of vingt is always
sounded ; in 81 (quatre-vingt-un), 82 (quatre-vingt-deux), &e. up to 99 (quatre-
vingt-dix-neuf), the same letter is always mute. 6. In quatre-vingt (80) only (not in
81, 82, ...
8
Syllabaire françois, or A French spelling-book: containing ...
8t. LXXXÍ. 82. LXXXIU 90. XC. 91. XCI. 92. XCI1. 100. c. 10 1. CI. 120. CXX. 121.
CXXI. &c. 130. CXXX. * Observe thatthough the t ni Vingt be articulatcd iri vingt-ct-
un, vingt-deux, Sec. as far as Trente, yet it unit not bc loundod- in Quatre-vingt ...
9
Easy and Practical French Grammar
In vingt the t is quite silent ; it is linked in vingt-un, and distinctly audible in vingt-
deux to vingt-neuf. Observe that the t in et is never audible. In quatre-Vingt t is
always silent. Pronounce the x in soixante like SS. 21, 31, 41, etc. may be vingt-
un, ...
Karl Julius Ploetz, J. Noeroth,
1871
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a French course for West Africa
LES NOMBRES (a) There is no hyphen where there is et. (b) The absence of et in
quatre-vingt-un and quatre-vingt-onze. (c) 201. I un, une 51 cinquante et un 2
deux 52 cinquante-deux, etc. 3 trois 6o soixante 4 quatre 61 soixante et un 5 cinq
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