HOW TO COUNT NUMBERS IN FRENCH

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