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Pronunciation and French grammar tips to nail the numbers « thousand », « million » and « billion » in French ! You’ll also have fun discovering the translation of some legendary swearing from Tintin’s angry friend Captain Haddock!
Vocabulary and Spelling of the French Words mentioned in this episode
Mille [mil] = a thousand
mille personnes = a thousand people
mille questions = a thousand questions
cent = a hundred
Million(s)(de) [miljɔ̃] = million(s)
Milliard(s) (de) /miljaʀ/ = billion(s)
Trois millions d’années = three million years
Il y a sept milliards de personnes sur Terre = There are 7 billion people on Earth
Mille millions de mille sabords ! / Mille millions de mille milliards de mille sabords ! = Billions of blistering blue barnacles!
LINKS and RESOURCES
Le vocabulaire du Capitaine Haddock : http://omnilogie.fr/O/Le_vocabulaire_du_capitaine_Haddock