Prefixed / proclitic plurals

Paul Hopper hopper at CMU.EDU
Wed Sep 19 14:31:24 UTC 2001


The following Spoken French examples of proclitic/prefixed plurals with
numerals are taken from Henri Bauche's book ""Le langage Populaire" (Payot
1928), pp 96-97:

quatt z officiers "4 officers"
cinqq z hommes "5 men"; siss z hommes "6"; sett z hommes "7", huitt z
hommes/hui z hommes "8"; neuff z enfants "9 children"; douz (12) z
officiers (also onze "11" etc.)
vin (20) z hommes; cent (100) z hommes

- Paul Hopper



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