vingt-huit
Twenty eight in French is vingt-huit.
vingt-huit is used to refer to the number that follows twenty-seven and precedes twenty-nine.
How does it change in a sentence?
When writing the number, a hyphen must be placed between the two words: vingt-huit.
Did you know?
- While vingt-huit is the standard for 'twenty-eight', the French language uses a 'base-20' logic for higher numbers. This is why 'eighty' is quatre-vingts, literally 'four twenties'.
- The word huit shares a distant linguistic ancestor with the English word 'eight', which is why they sound similar despite centuries of separation.
- The word vingt comes from the Latin 'viginti', which originally meant 'twenty'. This word is the ancestor of the English word 'vigesimal', used to describe counting systems based on twenty.
Examples in context
- Il n'a pas obtenu de permis de conduire avant d'avoir vingt-huit ans.He didn't get a driving licence until he was twenty-eight.This sentence is useful for expressing how old someone was when they obtained a driving licence using vingt-huit.Tatoeba #838517 by sacredceltic, translation #838511 by sundown
- Je suis né(e) le vingt-huit juillet.I was born on the twenty-eighth of July.
- Il y a vingt-huit élèves dans la classe.There are twenty-eight students in the class.
Example conversation
Emma and Nathan are checking the page numbers in a book.
- EmmaQuelle est la page après la vingt-sept ?What is the page after twenty-seven?
- NathanC'est la page vingt-huit, Emma.It is page twenty-eight, Emma.
- EmmaEt la page suivante ?And the next page?
- NathanC'est la vingt-neuf.It is twenty-nine.
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
