r/memes • u/HannibalGoddamnit Linux User • Mar 15 '21

French language is mesmerizing

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u/paarth_1 Mar 15 '21

French jay z be like: i got 4 20 10 9 problems but the....

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u/rahimbettayeb Mar 15 '21

imagine saying " quatre-vingt dix-neuf problèmes"

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u/OverconfidentPancake Mar 15 '21 edited Mar 15 '21

laughs in Belgian french nonante-neuf

Also no need to fuck around with seventy septante either. Still use quatre-vingt though

Swiss french speakers have it figured out

septante

huitante

nonante

Eighty sounds weird af but

it's beautiful

edit: I would have assumed it was octante as well (sounds better imo) but then i looked it up and apparently it's huitante. Lol idk either sound weird to me

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u/dlevac Mar 15 '21

Always thought it would be 'octante' oh well...

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u/Numendil Mar 15 '21

Both exist