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Two-related Vocabulary deux<\/strong> – two <\/p>\n Prefixes and Suffixes In French and in English, there are 2 prefixes to express the idea of 2: bi-<\/em> and di-<\/em>. While they both mean the same thing, there is a difference in their origins: bi-<\/em> comes from Latin and di-<\/em> comes from Greek (and is generally used for scientific terms).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Di- and dis- (used of the start of the stem begins with the letter s-) <\/p>\n Verbs & Expressions \u00e0 deux pas d’ici<\/strong> – a stone’s throw away from here <\/p>\n Deuxi\u00e8me vs. Seconde Seconde<\/strong> and deuxi\u00e8me<\/strong> both mean second, but there is a small nuance between the two. Simply put, if there are only 2 things in a list, you use seconde<\/strong>. If there are more than 2, you use deuxi\u00e8me<\/strong>.<\/p>\n World War II in French is called La Seconde Guerre mondiale<\/strong>. Deuxi\u00e8me<\/strong> is not used because that war was the second and last in this series of two (and hopefully the last).<\/p>\n Something else worth noting is the pronunciation of the word seconde<\/strong>. The C sound in French is hard (meaning it sounds like a K); the soft counterpart is pronounced when the C has a cedilla, \u00e7. The C in seconde<\/strong>, however, is not pronounced like either of those. Instead, it sounds like an English hard G (like in the word good).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" January is over and February has crept its cold little head in. Since it’s the second month now, I thought it would be appropriate to talk about the number two in all its forms in the French language. Un, deux, trois… it’s one of the first steps to a relationship with French along with greetings…<\/p>\n
\n<\/u><\/strong>Here’s a list of word for ways to express words related to the number two.<\/p>\n
\ndeuxi\u00e8me<\/strong> – second
\ndeuxi\u00e8mement<\/strong> – secondly
\ndeux<\/strong> fois<\/strong> – twice
\ndouble<\/strong> – dual
\ndoublement<\/strong> – doubly
\ndoubler<\/strong> – to double
\nle double<\/strong> – twice as much
\nla dualit\u00e9<\/strong> – duality
\ntous les deux<\/strong> – both
\nune paire<\/strong> – pair
\nles jumeaux<\/strong> – twins<\/p>\n
\n<\/u><\/strong>A prefix is an affix placed before the stem of a word, and a suffix is added after the stem. These little affixes can change one word into another. For example, adding the prefix un- to the word grateful completely changes the meaning.<\/p>\n
\nBi- and bis- (sometimes added before a vowel)
\n<\/u>bimensuel<\/strong> – bi-monthly
\nbilingue<\/strong> – bilingual
\nbicolore<\/strong> – two-tone
\nbisannuel<\/strong> – biannually
\nbicentenaire<\/strong> – bicentenally
\nun bip\u00e8de<\/strong> – two-legged animal
\nun bir\u00e9acteur<\/strong> – twinjet
\nune bicyclette<\/strong> – bicycle
\nbisser<\/strong> – to encore something (at a concert, etc.)<\/p>\n
\n<\/u>dioxide<\/strong> – dioxyde (having 2 oxygen atoms)
\ndidactyle<\/strong> – having only 2 toes, fingers, or claws
\ndichlorure<\/strong> – dichloride (containing 2 chlorine atoms)
\ndicarboxylique<\/strong> – dicarboxylate (a salt or ester of a dicarboxylic acid)
\nle dith\u00e9isme<\/strong> – ditheism (a belief in 2 gods)
\ndissyllabe<\/strong> – disyllabic (having 2 syllables)<\/p>\n
\n<\/u><\/strong>From potatoes <\/a>to dogs<\/a>, French is full of colorful <\/a>expressions to describe any number of situations. Same goes with the number two and two-related words.<\/p>\n
\n\u00e0<\/strong> partir de trois, c’est la foule<\/strong> – two’s company, but three’s a crowd
\naller de pair<\/strong> – to go hand in hand with
\navoir une double casquette<\/strong> – to wear 2 hats (to have 2 roles or responsibilities)
\nbr\u00fbler la chandelle par les deux bouts<\/strong> – to waste away with no regard
\n\u00eatre \u00e0 deux doigts de…<\/strong> – to be close to\/on the brink of something
\nfaire d’une pierre deux coups<\/strong> – to kill two birds with one stone
\njamais deux sans trois<\/strong> – if something’s happened twice, it will happen a third time
\navoir les deux peids sur terre<\/strong> – to be down to earth
\navoir le cul entre deux chaises<\/strong> (informal) – to be undecided about something
\nnager entre deux eaux<\/strong> – to always try to please everybody
\nse ressembler comme deux gouttes d’eau<\/strong> – to be like two peas in a pod
\ncouper la poire en deux<\/strong> – to meet someone halfway
\nc’est clair comme deux et deux font<\/strong> quatre<\/strong> – it’s as easy as ABC
\ndormir sur ses deux oreilles<\/strong> – to sleep soundly<\/p>\n
\n<\/u><\/strong>Do you know the difference between a cardinal number and an ordinal number? Cardinal numbers tell you the quantity and are the first ones you learn (5, 39, 76…), while ordinal numbers tell you the position of something in a list. Ordinal numbers in French are pretty easy – except for “first” which is either premier<\/strong> or premi\u00e8re<\/strong>, you just tag on -i\u00e8me to the cardinal number. There is, however, another way to say “second” that doesn’t always appear on lists of ordinal numbers.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/02\/house-number-1792913_960_720-350x263.jpg\")