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Numbers Les nombres
un
1
une unité (a unity)
deux
2
trois
3
quatre
4
cinq
5
six
6
sept
7
huit
8
neuf
9
dix
10
une dizaine (one ten)
onze
11
douze
12
une douzaine (one dozen)
treize
13
quatorze
14
quinze
15
seize
16
dix-sept
17
dix-huit
18
dix-neuf
19
vingt
20
une vingtaine (around twenty)
vingt et un
21
vingt-[deux - neuf]
22-29
trente
30
trente et un
31
trente-[deux - neuf]
32-39
quarante
40
cinquante
50
soixante
60
soixante-dix
70
soixante et onze
71
soixante-[douze - dix-neuf]
72-79
quatre-vingts
80
quatre-vingt-un
81
quatre-vingt-[deux - neuf]
82-89
quatre-vingt-dix
90
quatre-vingt-[onze - dix-neuf] 91-99
cent
100
une centaine (one hundred)
[deux - neuf] cents
200-900
deux cent un
201
neuf cent un
901
mille
1.000
un millier (one thousand)
(un) million
1.000.000
(un) milliard
1.000.000.000
Things of note about numbers:
For 70-79, it builds upon "soixante" but past that it builds upon a combination of terms for 80-99
Only the first (21,31,41,51 and 61, but not 71 nor 81 nor 91) have "et un" without a hyphen; but past this it is simply both words consecutively (vingt-six, trente-trois, etc) with a hyphen in between.
For 100-199, it looks much like this list already save that "cent" is added before the rest of the number; this continues up to 1000 and onward.
Many speakers of French outside of France refer to the numbers 70 to 99 in the same pattern as the other numbers. For instance, in Switzerland and Belgium, seventy is "septante," 71 is "septante et un,"
72 "septante deux," and so on. Ninety is "nonante". In Switzerland, Eighty is "huitante" or "octante".
V: Mathematics
In french, 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 (divisę par) dix = deux
Note: You may sometimes use "un plus un font deux".
Exercises
huit plus cinq égal : (treize)
cinq et un égal : (six)
neuf plus huit égal (dix-sept)
trente-deux plus quarante-neuf égal (quatre-vingt-un)
soixante plus vingt égal (quatre-vingts)
cinquante-trois plus douze égal (soixante-cinq)
dix-neuf plus cinquante égal (soixante-neuf)
