HOW TO COUNT NUMBERS IN FRENCH
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Number | French Spelling | Pronunciation |
0 | zéro | zay-roh |
1 | un | ahn |
2 | deux | duhr |
3 | trois | twah |
4 | quatre | katr |
5 | cinq | sank |
6 | six | seese |
7 | sept | set |
8 | huit | wheet |
9 | neuf | nurf |
10 | dix | deese |
Number | French Spelling | Pronunciation |
11 | onze | onz |
12 | douze | dooz |
13 | treize | trez |
14 | quatorze | kah-tohrz |
15 | quinze | cans |
16 | seize | sez |
17 | dix-sept | deese-set |
18 | dix-huit | dees-wheet |
19 | dix-neuf | dees-nurf |
20 | vingt | vahn |
In 17 , 18, and 19 , you must have noticed that they are just simple addition of 10 + 7 = 17 ( dix-sept)
similarily, 10+ 8 = 18 ( dix- huit)
10+9 =19 ( dix- neuf )
NEXT, YOU MUST LEARN THIS CHART GIVEN BELOW BEFORE STARTING FURTHER NUMBERS
number | in French | pronunciation |
---|---|---|
10 | dix | dees |
20 | vingt | van |
30 | trente | tront |
40 | quarante | ka ront |
50 | cinquante | san kont |
60 | soixante | swa sont |
70 | soixante-dix | swa sont dees |
80 | quatre-vingts | ka tre van |
90 | quatre-vingt-dix | ka tre van dees |
100 | cent | san |
Now, in numbers from 21 to 69, You have to remember that 21, 31,41,51 and 61 are written with "et in between without putting hyphen" and in rest numbers you have to put Hyphen.
Number | French Spelling | Pronunciation |
21 | vingt et un | vahn-tay-ahn |
22 | vingt-deux | vahn-duhr |
23 | vingt-trois | vahn-twah |
24 | vingt-quatre | vahn-katr |
25 | vingt-cinq | vahn-sank |
26 | vingt-six | vahn-seese |
27 | vingt-sept | vahn-set |
28 | vingt-huit | vahn-wheet |
29 | vingt-neuf | vahn-nurf |
30 | trente | trawnt |
Number | French Spelling | Pronunciation |
31 | trente et un | trawnt-tay-ahn |
32 | trente-deux | trawnt-duhr |
33 | trente-trois | trawnt-twah |
34 | trente-quatre | trawnt-katr |
35 | trente-cinq | trawnt-sank |
36 | trente-six | trawnt-seese |
37 | trente-sept | trawnt-set |
38 | trente-huit | trawnt-wheet |
39 | trente-neuf | trawnt-nurf |
40 | quarante | kuh-rawnt |
Number | French Spelling | Pronunciation |
41 | quarante et un | kuh-rawnt-tay-ahn |
42 | quarante-deux | kuh-rawnt-duhr |
43 | quarante-trois | kuh-rawnt-twah |
44 | quarante-quatre | kuh-rawnt-katr |
45 | quarante-cinq | kuh-rawnt-sank |
46 | quarante-six | kuh-rawnt-seese |
47 | quarante-sept | kuh-rawnt-set |
48 | quarante-huit | kuh-rawnt-wheet |
49 | quarante-neuf | kuh-rawnt-nurf |
50 | cinquante | sank-awnt |
Number | French Spelling | Pronunciation |
51 | cinquante et un | sank-awnt-tay-ahn |
52 | cinquante-deux | sank-awnt-duhr |
53 | cinquante-trois | sank-awnt-twah |
54 | cinquante-quatre | sank-awnt-katr |
55 | cinquante-cinq | sank-awnt-sank |
56 | cinquante-six | sank-awnt-seese |
57 | cinquante-sept | sank-awnt-set |
58 | cinquante-huit | sank-awnt-wheet |
59 | cinquante-neuf | sank-awnt-nurf |
60 | soixante | swah-sawnt |
Number | French Spelling | Pronunciation |
61 | soixante et un | swah-sawnt-tay-ahn |
62 | soixante-deux | swah-sawnt-duhr |
63 | soixante-trois | swah-sawnt-twah |
64 | soixante-quatre | swah-sawnt-katr |
65 | soixante-cinq | swah-sawnt-sank |
66 | soixante-six | swah-sawnt-seese |
67 | soixante-sept | swah-sawnt-set |
68 | soixante-huit | swah-sawnt-wheet |
69 | soixante-neuf | swah-sawnt-nurf |
70 | soixante-dix | swah-sawnt-deese |
Now from 70 on wards you have to remember the simple mathematical addition pattern.
like 60 + 10 = 70 (soixante-dix)
60+ 11 = 71 (soixante et onze)
60+ 12 =72 (soixante douze) and so on till 79.
Number | French Spelling | Pronunciation |
71 | soixante et onze | swah-sawnt-tay-uhn |
72 | soixante-douze | swah-sawnt-dooz |
73 | soixante-treize | swah-sawnt-trez |
74 | soixante-quatorze | swah-sawnt-kah-tohrz |
75 | soixante-quinze | swah-sawnt-cans |
76 | soixante-seize | swah-sawnt-sez |
77 | soixante-dix-sept | swah-sawnt-deese-set |
78 | soixante-dix-huit | swah-sawnt-dees-wheet |
79 | soixante-dix-neuf | swah-sawnt-dees-nurf |
NOTE :
80 is 4 times twenty
i.e 4 x 20 = 80 ( quatre -vingts ). Here you should make a note that we have added 's' in vingts.
81 is written as quatre-vingt-un . Here we have not put 's' in vingt and hyphen is put while writing.
( remember 21,31,41,51,61,71 do not take hyphen while writing). Same pattern is followed till 89.
Number | French Spelling | Pronunciation |
81 | quatre-vinght-un | ka-truh-vahn-tay-ahn |
82 | quatre-vingt-deux | ka-truh-vahn-duhr |
83 | quatre-vingt-trois | ka-truh-vahn-twah |
84 | quatre-vingt-quatre | ka-truh-vahn-katr |
85 | quatre-vingt-cinq | ka-truh-vahn-sank |
86 | quatre-vingt-six | ka-truh-vahn-seese |
87 | quatre-vingt-sept | ka-truh-vahn-set |
88 | quatre-vingt-huit | ka-truh-vahn-wheet |
89 | quatre-vingt-neuf | ka-truh-vahn-nurf |
NOW NUMBERS FROM 90 ON WARDS :
90 can be explained as :
4 x 20 + 10 = 90 ( quatre-vingt-dix)
91 = 4 x 20 + 11 ( quatre-vingt-onze). HERE 91 also takes hyphen.
Number | French Spelling | Pronunciation |
91 | quatre-vingt-onze | ka-truh-vahn-onz |
92 | quatre-vingt-douze | ka-truh-vahn-dooz |
93 | quatre-vingt-treize | ka-truh-vahn-trez |
94 | quatre-vingt-quatorze | ka-truh-vahn-kah-tohrz |
95 | quatre-vingt-quinze | ka-truh-vahn-cans |
96 | quatre-vingt-seize | ka-truh-vahn-sez |
97 | quatre-vingt-dix-sept | ka-truh-vahn-deese-set |
98 | quatre-vingt-dix-huit | ka-truh-vahn-dees-wheet |
99 | quatre-vingt-dix-neuf | ka-truh-vahn-dees-nurf |
100 | cent | sawnt |
NUMBERS AFTER 100 FOLLOWS THE SAME PATTERN AS WE SEEN ABOVE, WE CAN UNDERSTAND THROUGH THESE EXAMPLES :
Number | French Spelling |
101 | cent un |
110 | cent dix |
111 | cent onze |
175 | cent soixante quinze |
200 | deux cents |
225 | deux cents vingt-cinq |
1,000 | mille |
10,000 | dix mille |
100,000 | cent mille |
1,000,000 | un million |
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