Lexicon (2)
French
Numbers 70, 80 and 90
Learning to count in another language isn’t always easy. Counting in French up to 69 is not too complicated, but from 70 onwards you have to do some arithmetic. For example for 70 you have to to add 60 + 10 to get “soixante-dix”; for 80 you have to multiply 4×20 (“quatre-vingts”); and for 90 […]
Spanish
“Formación de palabras”
How are words formed in Spanish? Word formation is the subject of the study of lexicology, a part of linguistics that deals with the analysis and structuring of the lexicon. Without going too far into theoretical aspects, it is important to know that it can be useful to learn some word formation rules in order […]