
Note that there is no additional ‘-s’ on vingt from 81 to 99. To continue, 81 means 4×20+1 (quatre-vingt-un), and the pattern is unchanged until 99 (4×20+19, quatre-vingt-dix-neuf). We use four-twenties (quatre-vingt s) to express 80, which makes sense because 4×20 equals to 80. Note that the same rules of ‘ et’ and ‘ une’ are applied on 71 as well. Thus, 70 means 60+10 (soixante-dix), 71 means 60+ et +11 (soixante et onze), etc. They continue the counting from 69 (soixante-neuf).

Unlike Belgian or Swiss, French do not use ‘septante’ to count seventy. This rule is applied for number from 22 to 69 (except for the numbers with 1 as the unit): French uses ‘ une’ instead of ‘ un’ for feminine nouns. 20įor number from 21 to 61 (with 1 at the back), add ‘ et’ before the ‘ un’. Now, let’s take a look of twenty, thirty, up to sixty.
THE NUMBERS IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES HOW TO
Here we provide the tips on how to master the numbers in French!įirst of all, you have to know the basic in order to do the rest of the counting: 0ġ7, 18, and 19 are as easy as 10+7, 10+8, and 10+9. Who said that numbers in French are way too complicated? As long as you remember the basic number, know how to do the counting, and understand how the patterns work, you will get it eventually. ‘Koko’ ‘Soko’ ‘Asoko’ & ‘Kochira’ ‘Sochira’ ‘Achira’ ‘Kore’ ‘Sore’ ‘Are’ & ‘Kono’ ‘Sono’ ‘Ano’
