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Apr 08, 2012 - 07:23 PM
Ok I don't remember this, so I went on to Google translate and this is really strange. If you write in google translate "six cent dix" you get "six hundred ten", but if you put "six cents dix" you get "six hundred and ten". Hm....
Apr 08, 2012 - 07:54 PM
I think you drop the s on cent when a number follows. e.g. six cents, six cent dix. This is the same for quatre-vingts and quatre-vingt-dix.
Apr 08, 2012 - 07:56 PM
Actually, I found a good explanation for this... six cent dix is correct, because the -s disappears whenever the number is not an exact multiple of 100. For example, 600 = six cents, but 601 = six cent un and 610 = six cent dix. For future reference, the plural for mille is mille (never with an s), but larger numbers like million, milliard, etc all take an -s whenever they are plural, even not exact multiples. So for example: 2.345.678 is deux millions trois cent quarante-cinq mille six cent soixante-dix-huit.
Apr 08, 2012 - 07:57 PM
The citation site for that is: http://www.french-linguistics.co.uk/t...