Numbers

This page is designed to help our travelers to learn simple french phrases and words

Additional Info

Each word list is geared to teach you one of three different skills, depending on what you'll need to do with the vocabulary:

- LISEZ (READ): for signs in the airport, train station, on the street.

- ÉCOUTEZ (LISTEN): for phrases that French people (a train conductor, a waiter) might say to you. (Wouldn't it be nice to know what they're saying?)

- PARLEZ (SPEAK): for questions you might need to ask (Where is the station? Is this the right train?)

When you have finished with the instruction, you should be able to:

- Read and understand all vocabulary marked with LISEZ;

- Hear and understand all vocabulary marked with ÉCOUTEZ or E;

- Speak all vocabulary marked with PARLEZ or P (make sure you practice saying these words after the speaker).

Money & Numbers

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Les Nombres Francais

(French Numbering System)
Click here for money-related vocabulary

Whether you're asking the price of something, paying for your café au lait, asking about train schedules, or simply asking the time of day, you'll be needing to know your French numbers. We present here the basic French numbering system for numbers from 1 to 100. For the most part it's very similar to English...note the special words for 11 through 16, and the fact that for 21, 33, etc., it's "twenty and one," thirty and three," etc. Also, and this is the worst part...there are no words for 70, 80 and 90. So you have to do arithmetic: 70 is "sixty-ten," 75 is "sixty-fifteen," 80 is "four twenties" and 90 is "four-twenties-ten." Oh la la, c'est difficile!

Note: This numbers page goes hand-in-hand with the Money Vocabulary page, since money situations are where you'll need your numbers most (and need to hear the store clerk when he/she rattles off your total too fast! Be sure and review both the money vocabulary and this numbers page before taking the Money/Numbers quiz, which incorporates vocabulary from each.

(Listen and Understand)


un	deux	trois	quatre	cinq	six	sept	huit	neuf	dix

onze	douze	treize	quatorze	quinze	seize	dix-sept	dix-huit	dix-neuf	vingt


vingt- et-un	vingt- cinq	trente	quarante	cinquante

soixante	soixante- dix	quatre- vingts	quatre- vingt-dix	cent

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