French Vocabulary: Numbers 0-30
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French Vocabulary: Numbers 0-30
le vocabulaire français: les nombres 0-30
Learning numbers 0-30 (les nombres zéro – trente) is very important in every major aspect of Francophone culture. You can tell time, buy and sell things, and count anything you want! Knowing numbers is a basic element of communication in any culture!
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Learning numbers 0-30 (les nombres zéro – trente) is very important in every major aspect of Francophone culture. You can tell time, buy and sell things, and count anything you want! Knowing numbers is a basic element of communication in any culture!
Some of these numbers might look familiar. Many numbers are similar in English, Spanish, Italian, Latin, and even Greek!
Here is a useful word to start off with:
Combien? : how much? / how many?
Combien d’étudiants est-ce qu’il y a?
How many students are there?
First, let’s take a look at numbers 0 – 10:
zéro : zero : 0
un : one : 1
deux : two : 2
trois : three : 3
quatre : four : 4
cinq : five : 5
six : six : 6
sept : seven : 7
huit : eight : 8
neuf : nine : 9
dix : ten : 10
The numbers 11 – 20 look similar to the French numbers 1-9. So, if you learn numbers 1-9 very well, learning numbers 11-20 can be even easier! Don’t forget that spelling counts, and pay attention to hyphens!
onze : eleven : 11
douze : twelve : 12
treize : thirteen : 13
quatorze : fourteen : 14
quinze : fifteen : 15
seize : sixteen : 16
dix-sept : seventeen : 17
dix-huit : eighteen : 18
dix-neuf : nineteen : 19
vingt : twenty : 20
Numbers 21-30 also contain numbers 1-9 in them! So, if you learn numbers 1-9 very well, learning numbers 21-30 can be even easier! Don’t forget that spelling counts, and pay attention to hyphens!
NOTE #1: We use the word et in between vingt and un in 21. After that, the et is replaced by a hyphen.
NOTE #2: un changes to une when used with a feminine noun. This change from un to une must also be made with higher numbers that end with a number one (21, 31, 41, etc).
vingt et un : twenty-one : 21
vingt-deux : twenty-two : 22
vingt-trois : twenty-three : 23
vingt-quatre : twenty-four : 24
vingt-cinq : twenty-five : 25
vingt-six : twenty-six : 26
vingt-sept : twenty-seven : 27
vingt-huit : twenty-eight : 28
vingt-neuf : twenty-nine : 29
trente : thirty : 30
Adapt:
Quel âge avez-vous?
How old are you?
J’ai dix-neuf ans.
I am nineteen years old.
Combien d’étudiantes est-ce qu’il y a dans la classe?
How many (female) students are there in the class?
Il y a vingt et une étudiantes dans la classe.
There are twenty-one (female) students in the class.
Combien de soeurs as-tu?
How many sisters do you have?
J’ai quatre soeurs.
I have four sisters.
Quel âge a ton frère?
How old is your brother?
Mon frère a quinze ans.
My brother is fifteen years old.
La librairie a combien de livres de français?
How many French books does the bookstore have?
La librairie a vingt-deux livres de français.
The bookstore has twenty-two French books.
Pourrais-tu m’apporter trente crayons, s’il te plaît?
Could you bring me thirty pencils please?
Je regrette, il y a seulement vingt-neuf crayons.
I’m sorry, there are only twenty-nine pencils.
Explore:
- YouTube/ParisByPod: French Lessons on Numbers
- YouTube/luisella1969: French Numbers 0-31
- YouTube/mattwlovefrench: Les Chiffres 1-31
- languageguide.org: les nombres
The LEAF Project
www.leaflanguages.org
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