Learn how to count in French. Of course, at the beginning you need to master the first ten numbers and understand certain patterns in the use of two-digit and multi-digit numbers in the French language
QUANTITATIVE NUMBERS
zéro / zero
un / one
deux / two
trois / three
quatre/ four
cinq /five
six / six
sept / seven
huit/ eight
neuf /nine
dix /ten
Two-digit numbers are formed as follows:
onze /eleven
douze / twelve
treize /thirteen
quatorze /fourteen
quinze /fifteen
seize/ sixteen
dix-sept /seventeen
dix-huit /eighteen
dix-neuf /nineteen
vingt /twenty
vingt-et-un /twenty one
vingt-deux /twenty-two
vingt-trois /twenty-three
vingt-quatre/ twenty-four
vingt-cinq /twenty-five
vingt-six /twenty-six
vingt sept /twenty seven
vingt-huit /twenty-eight
vingt-neuf /Twenty-nine
trente /thirty
trente-et-un /thirty one
trente-deux/ thirty-two
quarante /forty
cinquante /fifty
soixante /sixty
soixante-dix /seventy
quatre-vingts /eighty
quatre-vingt-dix /ninety
cent /hundred
cent-un one /hundred and one
deux-cents /two hundred
trois-cents /three hundred
mille /thousand
deux-mille /two thousand
trois-mille /three thousand
un million /million
un milliard/ billion
In order to simplify and find similarities in the forming of certain numbers kindly find below the numbers in different order:
1 un 11 onze 21 vingt et un
2 deux 12 douze 22 vingt-deux
3 trois 13 treize 30 trente
4 quatre 14 quatorze 40 quarante
5 cinq 15 quinze 50 cinquante
6 six 16 seize 60 soixante
7 sept 17 dix-sept 70 soixante-dix
8 huit 18 dix-huit 80 quatre-vingts
9 neuf 19 dix-neuf 90 quatre-vingt-dix
10 dix 20 vingt 100 cent
The following numbers are so called irregular. Also take great care with the seventies and nineties, and to a lesser extent the eighties....
70 soixante-dix 80 quatre-vingts 90 quatre-vingt-dix
71 soixante et onze 81 quatre-vingt-un 91 quatre-vingt-onze
72 soixante-douze 82 quatre-vingt-deux 92 quatre-vingt-douze
73 soixante-treize 83 quatre-vingt-trois 93 quatre-vingt-treize
74 soixante-quatorze 84 quatre-vingt-quatre 94 quatre-vingt-quatorze
75 soixante-quinze 85 quatre-vingt-cinq 95 quatre-vingt-quinze
76 soixante-seize 86 quatre-vingt-six 96 quatre-vingt-seize
77 soixante-dix-sept 87 quatre-vingt-sept 97 quatre-vingt-dix-sept
78 soixante-dix-huit 88 quatre-vingt-huit 98 quatre-vingt-dix-huit
79 soixante-dix-neuf 89 quatre-vingt-neuf 99 quatre-vingt-dix-neuf
There are also some regional variations of using the numbers:
Belgium : 70 = septante ; 90 = nonante
Switzerland : 70 = septante ; 80 = huitante (rarely octante) ; 90 = nonante
Hundreds in the plural
The number "cent" only takes an s in round numbers: deux cents, trois cents etc. For all other numbers it is invariable, as in the examples above such as six cent onze.
To express "hundreds" as an imprecise quantity, French does not use the numeral cents but the noun centaines.
There were hundreds of people at the concert.
Il y avait des centaines de personnes au concert
