Part 63 (2/2)

Two hundred . . . . . . . . . Deux cents.

Two hundred and one . . . . . Deux cent un.

One thousand . . . . . . . . Mille.

Two thousand . . . . . . . . Deux mille.

One thousand one hundred . . Mille cent; onze cents.

Thousands of soldiers . . . . Des milliers de soldats.

A million . . . . . . . . . . Un million.

Two million men . . . . . . . Deux millions d'hommes.

A score . . . . . . . . . . . Une vingtaine.

About forty men . . . . . . . Une quarantaine d'hommes.

Hundreds of men . . . . . . . Des centaines d'hommes.

CURRENCY, MEASURES, AND WEIGHTS.

1 cent . . . . . . . . . . . Un sou; cinq centimes.

10 cents . . . . . . . . . . Dix sous; cinquante centimes.

20 cents (about) . . . . . . Un francs.

1 dollar . . . . . . . . . . Cinq francs.

(The French have gold pieces of 10 francs and 20 francs; bank notes of 50 francs, 100 francs, and higher. The gold pieces are probably replaced by bank notes now.)

1 meter (1.0936 yards) . . . Un metre.

1 kilometer (0.62138 mile) . Un kilometre.

NOTE:--For all ordinary purposes, the ”kilometre” = 5/8 of a mile; the ”centimetre”--4/10 of an inch.

1 league (2.48552 miles) . . Une lieue.

1 hectare (2.4711 acres) . . Un hectare.

1 gram (15.43239 grains troy) Un gramme.

1 kilogram (2.204621 pounds avoirdupois) . . . . . . . Un kilogramme.

220.46 pounds avoirdupois . . Un quintal; 100 kilos.

2,204.6 pounds avoirdupois . Une tonne; 1,000 kilos.

(Coal is sold by the _tonne_; grain and hay by the _quintal_. Dix quintaux de ble, de foin = 10 quintals of grain, of hay.)

1,0567 quart (liquid) . . . . Un litre.

26.417 gallons . . . . . . . Un hectolitre.

0.9081 quart (dry) . . . . . Un litre.

2.8379 bushels . . . . . . . Un hectolitre.

(The _litre_, which is the princ.i.p.al unit of both fluid and dry measures, is the contents of 1 cubic _decimetre_ (decimetre = 1/10 metre).)

DAYS, MONTHS, AND SEASONS.

Sunday . . . . . . . . . . . Dimanche.

Monday . . . . . . . . . . . Lundi.

Tuesday . . . . . . . . . . . Mardi.

Wednesday . . . . . . . . . . Mercredi.

Thursday . . . . . . . . . . Jeudi.

Friday . . . . . . . . . . . Vendredi.

Sat.u.r.day . . . . . . . . . . Samedi.

January . . . . . . . . . . . Janvier.

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