Why is my answer (deux milliards d') wrong? The lesson doesn't explain plural milliards.
Elsa a deux________ euros sur son compte.Elsa has two thousand euros on her account.
Correct: mille
Incorrect: milliards d'
milliards de v mille
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milliards de v mille
This question relates to:French lesson "Expressing large numbers -thousands/millions/billions - in French"
Asked 11 hours ago
Technically, it is not wrong, Harry, but we only used 'milliards de' for big projects, or what states do.
How many people do you know who have billions in their bank accounts?
Bonne Continuation !
Maarten K. Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
HA,
‘ deux milliards de ‘ would be correct if it was ‘ 2 billion ‘.
It seems you may have confused ‘ deux milliers de ‘ ( thousands ) and ‘ deux milliards de ‘ ( billions ) ?
Maarten K. Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Cecile,
the translation was ‘ two thousand euros ‘. HA wrote that he used ‘ milliards de ‘ which is incorrect.
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