Les nombres 0 – 59 – French in Fremont

French Numbers: 0-19

The numbers 0 to 19 are pretty easy; you just need to memorize them like any other vocabulary.

0	zéro	10	dix
1	un	11	onze
2	deux	12	douze
3	trois	13	treize
4	quatre	14	quatorze
5	cinq	15	quinze
6	six	16	seize
7	sept	17	dix-sept
8	huit	18	dix-huit
9	neuf	19	dix-neuf

Proper pronunciation
You’ll notice that the consonants at the end of cinq and huit are pronounced. However, this is only true when the numbers stand alone (as in the sound files), are at the end of a sentence, or precede a vowel or h muet. When either of these numbers is followed by a consonant, that final sound is dropped.
Par exemple…

cinq professeurs	five teachers	q is silent
cinq étudiants	five students	q is pronounced [k]
J’en ai cinq.	I have five of them.	q is pronounced [k]

The above is true for six and dix as well, but there’s a further complication. The x is pronounced [s] when they stand alone or are at the end of a sentence, but when they precede a vowel, the pronunciation changes to [z] due to the required required liaison.
Par exemple…

six professeurs	six teachers	x is silent
six étudiants	six students	x is pronounced [z]
J’en ai six.	I have six of them.	x is pronounced [s]

French number practice

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Expressions with numbers

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à la une – on the front page of the newspaper, headline news
le cinq à sept – afternoon tryst
couper les cheveux en quatre – to split hairs, quibble
en deux temps, trois mouvements – in double time, very quickly
faire d’une pierre deux coups – to kill two birds with one stone
haut comme trois pommes – very young
il ne casse pas trois pattes à un canard – he’s nothing special
quatre à quatre – very quickly
tourner sept fois sa langue dans sa bouche – to think long and hard (before speaking)
un tiens vaut mieux que deux tu l’auras – very young

French Numbers: 20-59

The French numbers 20 through 59 are formed just like their English equivalents: the tens word (vingt, trente, quarante, cinquante) is joined by a hyphen to the ones word (un, deux, trois, etc).

There is one difference: for 21, 31, 41, and 51, the word et (and) is required between the tens word and un, without hyphens.

20	vingt	30	trente
21	vingt et un	31	trente et un
22	vingt-deux	32	trente-deux
23	vingt-trois	33	trente-trois
24	vingt-quatre	34	trente-quatre
25	vingt-cinq	35	trente-cinq
26	vingt-six	36	trente-six
27	vingt-sept	37	trente-sept
28	vingt-huit	38	trente-huit
29	vingt-neuf	39	trente-neuf

40	quarante	50	cinquante
41	quarante et un	51	cinquante et un
42	quarante-deux	52	cinquante-deux
43	quarante-trois	53	cinquante-trois
44	quarante-quatre	54	cinquante-quatre
45	quarante-cinq	55	cinquante-cinq
46	quarante-six	56	cinquante-six
47	quarante-sept	57	cinquante-sept
48	quarante-huit	58	cinquante-huit
49	quarante-neuf	59	cinquante-neuf