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Numbers are always a useful thing to know - for quantities, measurements, distances; for the time and your age.

         un -1

 
         deux - 2
 
         trois - 3
 
         quatre - 4
 
         cinq - 5

         six - 6

                  sept - 7

         huit - 8

          neuf - 9

         dix - 10

Did you notice that "six" is written the same in French as in English? It's not pronounced the same way though so be careful!

                                     

Numbers 11-20

Numbers bigger than ten are useful for telling the time and many other things.

Can you see a pattern below?

    onze - 11

 

    douze - 12

 

    treize - 13

 

    quatorze - 14

 

    quinze - 15

 

    seize - 16

 

Yes, they all end in -ZE.

There's another pattern coming up from seventeen - nineteen. Can you work it out?

   dix-sept - 17

 

   dix-huit - 18

 

   dix-neuf - 19

 

That's right! You're saying dix-sept - literally 'ten seven' and so on.

So, we've got to twenty! That's vingt.

    vingt - 20

 

  To make twenty one, you say 'twenty and one'.

    vingt et un - 21

Then you carry on without the et (= and) but with a hyphen:

  vingt-deux - 22

 

  vingt-trois - 23

 

  vingt-quatre - 24

 

  vingt-cinq - 25

 

  vingt-six - 26

 

  vingt-sept - 27

 

  vingt-huit - 28

 

  vingt-neuf - 29

Easy peasy, eh? If you want to learn more numbers click