All you need to do now is learn to count by 100s all the way to 1000 and beyond, and that is quite easy:Ĭent mille : one hundred thousand : 100.000ĭeux cent mille : two hundred thousand : 200.000ĭeux milliards : two billion : 2.000.000.000 To work with numbers over 100, all of the rules you have learned so far continue to apply. Cent (100) is never preceded by the word un. Quatre-vingt-dix-huit : ninety-eight : 98 Quatre-vingt-dix-sept : ninety-seven : 97 This change from un to une must also be made with higher numbers that end with a number one (… 41, 51, 61, 81). NOTE #3 : un changes to une when used with a feminine noun. NOTE #2 : The word et is not used for the number quatre-vingt-un (81) NOTE #1 : Quatre-vingts drops its final –s when followed by another number. Don’t forget that spelling counts, and pay attention to hyphens! The first part of the numbers from 90-99 start with quatre-vingts (80) followed by dix, onze, douze, treize, etc. So, if you learn numbers 1-19 very well, learning numbers 80-99 can be even easier! The French word for eighty (80) is quatre-vingts. Otherwise, the et is replaced by a hyphen.įrom 80-99, French also counts by twenties. NOTE #1 : We use the word et in between the tens spot and the ones spot in 21, 31, 41, 51, 61, and 71. The first part of the numbers from 70-79 start with soixante (60) followed by dix, onze, douze, treize, etc. So, if you learn numbers 1-19 very well, learning numbers 60-79 can be even easier! Remember that the French word for sixty (60) is soixante. This change from un to une must also be made with higher numbers that end with a number one (21, 31, 41, etc).įrom 60-79, French counts by twenties. NOTE #2 : un changes to une when used with a feminine noun. Otherwise, the et is replaced by a hyphen. NOTE #1 : We use the word et in between the tens spot and the un in 21, 31, 41, 51, and 61. Numbers 21-60 also contain numbers 1-9 in them! So, if you learn numbers 1-9 very well, learning numbers 21-60 can be even easier! Don’t forget that spelling counts, and pay attention to hyphens! 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! The numbers 11 – 20 look similar to the French numbers 1-9. Many numbers are similar in English, French, Italian, Latin, and even Greek!įirst, let’s review numbers 0 – 60 to see what they look like. Some of these numbers might look familiar. How many students are there? (Literally: There are how many students?) Learning numbers 100-1000 (les nombres cent – mille) and beyond 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!Ĭombien (de / d’) ? : how much? / how many? Learning numbers 100-1000 (les nombres cent – mille) and beyond 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! Study: Le vocabulaire français: les nombres 100-1000+ Creative Commons Image via The LEAF Project