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15:35
June 1, 2012
OfflineForgive any mistakes, I am still a beginner…
Comment est-ce que les français disent les numéros de les vols, les trains, et les chambres l'hôtel ?
Est-ce qu'ils se disent que chaque chiffre ?
Est-ce que 632 est « six-cent-trente-deux » ou « six-trois-deux » ?
Merci !
20:43
June 1, 2012
OfflineNo one?
In English, my question is simply whether French-speakers, when saying a hotel room number, flight number, train number, etc., say the whole number, or state each individual digit.
So, for instance, is 632 six cent trente-deux, or six-trois-deux? Or, six trente-deux ?
Is there a convention? In English, at least American English, we would usually say that someone is in room sixty-two, but then if the room number has 3 digits, such as 632, it would be six thirty-two, or six-three-two, not "six hundred thirty-two." A flight number is almost always read off with each individual digit (Flight six-three-two.)
When there are 4 digits, such as in 6322, we would usually say something like sixty-three twenty-two, or six-three-two-two, not six thousand three hundred twenty-two.
17:03
June 29, 2011
OfflineIf I were to pronounce "le vol n°632 en partance de Paris", je dirais "le vol numéro six cent trente-deux en partance de Paris". I actually never heard anyone spelling the number.
"le vol n°6322" could be either "le vol numéro six mille trois cent vingt-deux" or "le vol numéro soixante-trois vingt-deux", even if I think the first one is more natural.
14:32
September 7, 2012
OfflineJennifer said
Forgive any mistakes, I am still a beginner…
Comment est-ce que les français disent les numéros de les vols, les trains, et les chambres l'hôtel ?
Est-ce qu'ils se disent que chaque chiffre ?
Est-ce que 632 est « six-cent-trente-deux » ou « six-trois-deux » ?
Merci !
You must say "six cent trente-deux", if you don't, I think people would not understand a lot, and that's the right way, same thing in hotels…
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