LESSON 4:Les Nombres.

The Numbers

French Numbers

French numbers can be a bit tricky. Just when you think you've got the
pattern figured out, the rules suddenly change and you're left
thinking, "wait, what?"

So let's start off gently. Even if you've only been studying French half-
heartedly until now, you've probably stumbled across a few of the numbers
from zero to ten, so these fellas shouldn't come as too much of a shock.

Numbers 0-9

0 Zero [zay-ro]
1 Un [uh]
2 Deux [duhr]

3 Trois [twa]
4 Quatre [katr]
5 Cinq [sank]
6 Six [sees]
7 Sept [set]
8 Huit [weet]
9 Neuf [nurf]
10 Dix [dees]

If these numbers are new to you, spend a bit of time memorizing them.
You'll need them to grapple with the numbers that follow!
 Numbers 10-19

The numbers from 11 - 16 are like the evil twins of the numbers 1 - 6.
You know, evil twins with a zzzz sound at the end.

Once we hit 17, though, we start to get into a regular pattern. It's just
like saying "ten-seven", "ten-eight", "ten-nine".

11 Onze [onz]

12 Douze [dooz]

13 Treize [trez]

14 quatorze [katorz]

15 Quinze [kanz]

16 Seize [sez]

17 dix-sept [dee-set]

18 dix-huit [dees-weet]

19 dix-neuf [dees-nurf]

Numbers 20-29

And then once we hit twenty it's all plain sailing. All you need to
remember is the word for twenty (vingt), and then just add a smaller
number on the end.

The only thing to pay attention to is the number 21 (vingt et un) in which
the "one" is attached like "twenty and one" as opposed to 22 (vingt-
deux), 23 (vingt-trois) and so forth.

20 Vingt [van]
21 vingt et [vant-ay-
un uh]
22 vingt-deux [van-duhr]
23 vingt- [van-twa]
trois
24 vingt- [van-katr]
quatre
25 vingt-cinq [van-sank]
 26 vingt-six [van-sees]
27 vingt-sept [van-set]
28 vingt-huit [van-weet]
29 vingt-neuf [van-nurf]

Numbers from 30-69

Once you've got that pattern nailed, it's pretty easy to count all the
way up to the sixties. Just swap vingt for one of these numbers instead:

30 Trente [tront]
31 Trente et un [tront ay-uh]
32 Trente-deux [tront-durh)
33 Trente-trois [tront-twa)
34 Trente-quatre [tront-katr)
35 Trente-cinq [tront-sank)
36 Trente-six [tront-sees)
37 Trente-sept [tront-set)
38 Trente-huit [tront-weet)
39 Trente-neuf [tront-nurf)
40 Quarante [karont]

41 quarante et un [karont-ay-uh]
42 quarante-deux [karont-deux]
43 quarante-trois [karont-twa]
44 quarante-quatre [karont-katr]
45 quarante-cinq [karont-sank]
46 quarante-six [karont-sees]
47 quarante-sept [karont-set]
48 quarante-huit [karont-weet]
49 quarante-neuf [karont-nurf]
50 Cinquante [sank-ont]
51 cinquante et un [sank-ont-ay-uh]
52 cinquante-deux [sank-ont-deux]
53 cinquante-trois [sank-ont-twa]
 54 cinquante-quatre [sank-ont-katr]
55 cinquante-cinq [sank-ont-sank]
56 cinquante-six [sank-ont-sees]
57 cinquante-sept [sank-ont-set]
58 cinquante-huit [sank-ont-weet]
59 cinquante-neuf [sank-ont-nurf]
60 Soixante [swa-sont]

61 soixante et un [swa-sont-ay-un]
62 soixante-deux [swa-sont-dur]
63 soixante-trois [swa-sont-twa]
64 soixante-quatre [swa-sont-katr]
65 soixante-cinq [swa-sont-sank]
66 soixante-six [swa-sont-sees]
67 soixante-sept [swa-sont-set]
68 soixante-huit [swa-sont-weet]
69 soixante-neuf [swa-sont-nurf]

Numbers from 70-99

Things get a little curlier when you reach 70, where instead of having a
word for "70" in itself, you instead say "sixty-ten", as in "sixty plus
ten".

70 soixante-dix [swa-sont-
dees]

And then when you want to say "seventy one" you actually say "sixty
eleven", and so on up to 79.

71 soixante-et-onze [swa-sont-ay-onz]
72 soixante-douze [swa-sont-dooz]
73 soixante-treize [swa-sont-trez]
74 soixante-quatorze [swa-sont-katorz]
75 soixante-quinze [swa-sont-kanz]
76 soixante-seize [swa-sont-sez]
77 soixante-dix-sept [swa-sont-dee-set]
 78 soixante-dix-huit [swa-sont-dees-weet]
79 soixante-dix-neuf [swa-sont-dees-nurf]

A little bit strange, right? It gets even stranger. When you get
to eighty, instead of having a word for eighty there's a further bit of
math involved. French speakers will say quatre-vingts — "four twenties".

80 quatre-vingts [kat-ra-van]
81 quatre-vingt-un [kat-ra-vant-uh]
82 quatre-vingt-deux [kat-ra-van-dur]
83 quatre-vingt-trois [kat-ra-van-twa]
84 quatre-vingt-quatre [kat-ra-van-katr]
85 quatre-vingt-cinq [kat-ra-van-sank]
86 quatre-vingt-six [kat-ra-van-sees]
87 quatre-vingt-sept [kat-ra-van-set]
88 quatre-vingt-huit [kat-ra-van-weet]
89 quatre-vingt-neuf [kat-ra-van-nurf]

Note that the "et" is left out from "quatre-vingt-un". Just to mess
with you a bit more!)

And then again, when you get to ninety it's similar to what we did
earlier with the 70s: You take a eighty and add ten. But now we're
adding it on top of those "four twenties", so to say "ninety" you're
actually saying four-twenty-ten, four-twenty-eleven, four-twenty-
twelve, etc.

90 quatre-vingt-dix [kat-ra-van-dees]
91 quatre-vingt-onze [kat-ra-van-onz]
92 quatre-vingt-douze [kat-ra-van-dooz]
93 quatre-vingt-treize [kat-ra-van- trez]
94 quatre-vingt-quatorze [kat-ra-van-katorz]
95 quatre-vingt-quinze [kat-ra-van- kanz]
96 quatre-vingt-seize [kat-ra-van- sez]
97 quatre-vingt-dix-sept [kat-ra-van- dee-set]
98 quatre-vingt-dix-huit [kat-ra-van- dees-weet]
99 quatre-vingt-dix-neuf [kat-ra-van- dees-nurf]
 Numbers over 100

Once we get to 100 you can breathe a sigh of relief. Things get a bit
more predictable.

100 Cent [son]

110 cent-dix [son- dees]
200 deux-cents [duhr- son]
250 deux cent cinquante [duhr son sank-ont]
500 Cinq cents [sank son]
1,000 Mille [mil]
2,000 deux mille [duhr mil]
1,000.000 un million [[uh million ]

NOTE:

21,31,41,51,61,71
et

21- vingt et un 46- quarante-six

22- vingt-deux 50- cinquante
29- vingt-neuf 57- cinquante-sept
30- trente 60- soixante
31- Trente et un 61- soixante et un
35- Trente-cinq 68- soixante-huit
40- quarante 70- soixante-dix

More on numbers
When giving a telephone number, for example, the French usually do so in
two’s. In other words, a French phone number would be written like this:
11.55.63.92 and they would say it like this: onze … cinquante-
cinq…soixante-trois…quatre-vingt-douze.

When talking about money, the French would usually say soixante douze
euros et vingt centimes(72,20€). Yes, that’s right, they use commas
instead of decimal points between the whole euros and the cents.

And remember, the final consonants in cinq, six, huit, and dix are
pronounced at the end of a sentence or in front of a vowel. But, they
are silent when followed by another word that begins with a consonant.

In Mathematics, the addition, subtraction, multiplication and division

are as follows: Calculez:

a) un plus (plus) un = (égal) deux (the final 's' must be prononced)

b) dix moins (moén) sept = trois

c) quatre fois (foá) trois = douze

d) vingt divisé par (divisê par) dix = deux

Note: You may sometimes use "un plus un font deux"

Let’s practice (aka exercises)

1. huit plus cinq égal :
2. cinq et un égal :
3. neuf plus huit égal:
4. trente-deux plus quarante-neuf égal:
5. soixante plus vingt égal:
6. cinquante-trois plus douze égal:
7. dix-neuf plus cinquante égal:
8. quarante-sept plus vingt-sept égal:
9. Soixante-trois plus trente-deux égal:
10. soixante plus trente-deux égal:

Fun facts: France was the first country in the world to ban
supermarkets from throwing away or destroying unsold food

REFERENCES

https://www.thefrenchexperiment.com/learn-french/numbers

file:///C:/Users/Romz/Downloads/French%20(2).pdf

https://blogs.transparent.com/french/french-numbers-1-100/

video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgFJ6JV7lKY
https://www.teachitlanguages.co.uk/resources/ks3/numbers-dates-
ages/french/les-nombres-de-1-60/19904

https://www.teachitlanguages.co.uk/resources/ks3/numbers-dates-
ages/french/les-chiffres-de-60-100/19954

http://www.frenchteacherresources.com/number-patterns-french-numbers-
worksheet/
 UNIT TEST
Je m’appelle:______________
le

A. Match the French words with the figures. Use circles and lines, as
in th example.

B. Write these figures as words.

C. Write these words as figures.
a. douze -
b. dix-neuf -
c. huit -
d. cinquate-quatre -
e. quatorze -
f. vingt-six -
g. trente-deux -
h. quarante-et-un -
i. cinq -
j. soixante-sept -
k. cinquate-cinq -
l. trois -

D. Find the French numbers in the grid.