"Avant, Albert pesait plus de deux cents kilos."
Translation:Before, Albert used to weigh more than two hundred kilograms.
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Or maybe it's: "Avant, Albert pesait plus de deux cents kilos, mais maintenant il pèse plus de trois cent kilos!"
For people thinking in British, 200 kgs is the equivelant of 31½ stones. This man would have to be weighed on a weighbridge, as designed for trucks. My wife, a retired dietitian, had a couple of patients like that.
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In the UK we are quite happy to say kilos, especially if that's what the French statement says. If it said kilogrammes then that's what we would translate it as!
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The abbreviation of kilos is used very widely. Not many people use the full word any more.
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"cents"? strange, I don't remember that it needs a "s" for plural, or is there only one hundred in previous courses?
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All denominations take an 's' except mille. Go figure!
Deux cents Deux mille Deux millions Deux milliards Deux mille milliards
"Morbidly obese" hardly covers it. More than 440 lbs. Never mind having to sit next to him on the plane... think about the poor wings!
Duo do you realise that Two Hundred Kilograms is exactly the same weight as Two Hundred Kilos?... and it is more likely the present day "street speak".
