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J'ai soixante-huit messages maintenant !

J'ai soixante-huit messages maintenant !
I have 68 messages now!
From Lesson 29:Numbers 21 to 100·French

Breakdown of J'ai soixante-huit messages maintenant !

je
I
maintenant
now
avoir
to have
le message
the message
huit
eight
soixante
sixty

Questions & Answers about J'ai soixante-huit messages maintenant !

Why is there a hyphen in soixante-huit but no et?
In French numbers, you only use et (and) for numbers ending in 1, like 21 (vingt et un) or 61 (soixante et un). For all other numbers from 2 to 9, you just connect the tens and units with a hyphen, making 68 soixante-huit.
Is the "x" in soixante pronounced like it is in English?
Not quite! In soixante, the "x" sounds like a sharp "s" (like the "s" in "snake"). It is pronounced roughly like "swa-sant".
Why is it J'ai instead of Je ai?
When je (I) comes before a word starting with a vowel, the "e" is dropped and replaced with an apostrophe. Because ai (have) starts with a vowel, they combine into J'ai. This makes it flow much better when speaking!
Do I pronounce the "t" at the end of maintenant?
No, the final "t" in maintenant is silent. It is very common in French to leave the last consonant of a word unpronounced, stopping instead at the nasal "an" sound!

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