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Numbers from 1 to 100 in French language
 

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Learning numbers from 1 to 100 in French, as well as in any language is essential. We need indeed numbers for several situations. Whether it's for telling your age, talking about money, exchanging phone numbers, or address, ... 

How to easily learn French cardinal numbers between 1 and 100? The best way would be to break them into several categories, and then learn them them step by step. The number chart below contains the essential numbers that you need to unlock the others.

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Numbers from 1 to 10

0   Zéro

1    Un 

2   Deux

3   Trois

4   Quatre

5   Cinq

6   Six

7   Sept

8   Huit

9   Neuf

10  Dix

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For he numbers fom 0 to 10 you just need to learn them by heart. They will be the foundation for building other numbers.

Numbers from 11 to 20

  • 11   Onze

  • 12   Douze

  • 13   Treize

  • 14   Quatorze

  • 15   Quinze

  • 16   Seize

  • 17   Dix-sept

  • 18   Dix-huit

  • 19   Dix-neuf

  • 20   Vingt

Have you started to see a pattern for the numbers 17-18-19? It looks like you're doing mathematics, right? Yes, it's some kind of maths. 

  • 17 = 10+7; So, in French 17 is written dix-sept.

  • 18=10+8 => dix-huit

  • and same for 19 => dix-neuf.

 

Numbers from 21 to 30

  • 21   Vingt et un

  • 22   Vingt-deux

  • 23   Vingt-trois

  • 24   Vingt-quatre

  • 25   Vingt-cinq

  • 26   Vingt-six

  • 27   Vingt-sept

  • 28   Vingt-huit

  • 29   Vingt-neuf

  • 30   Trente

Here, the pattern is becoming more precise and regular except for 21.

  • 21 = 20 and 1 and that makes vingt et un.

  • 22 = 20+2,  so vingt-deux

  • 23=20+3 => vingt-trois

  • and so on until 29

Notice that there is a hyphen to connect both numbers.

Numbers from 31 to 40

  • 31    Trente et un

  • 32   Trente-deux

  • 33   Trente-trois

  • 34   Trente-quatre

  • 35   Trente-cinq

  • 36   Trente-six

  • 37   Trente-sept

  • 38   Trente-huit

  • 39   Trente-neuf

  • 40  Quarante

Can you notice the same pattern as previously? 31 = 30 and 1 => trente et un. The other numbers follow the pattern 32 = 30+2 which makes trente-deux. This pattern cab be applied until the number 69.

Numbers from 41  to 50

  • 41   Quarante et un

  • 42  Quarante-deux

  • 43  Quarante-trois

  • 44  Quarante-quatre

  • 45  Quarante-cinq

  • 46  Quarante-six

  • 47  Quarante-sept

  • 48  Quarante-huit

  • 49  Quarante-neuf

  • 50  Cinquante

Numbers from 51  to 60

  • 51   Cinquante et un

  • 52  Cinquante-deux

  • 53  Cinquante-trois

  • 54  Cinquante-quatre

  • 55  Cinquante-cinq

  • 56  Cinquante-six

  • 57  Cinquante-sept

  • 58  Cinquante-huit

  • 59  Cinquante-neuf

  • 60  Soixante

Numbers from  61  to 70

  • 61   Soixante et un

  • 62  Soixante-deux

  • 63  Soixante-trois

  • 64  Soixante-quatre

  • 65  Soixante-cinq

  • 66  Soixante-six

  • 67  Soixante-sept

  • 68  Soixante-huit

  • 69  Soixante-neuf

  • 70  Soixante-dix

Numbers from  71  to 80

  • 71 Soixante-onze

  • 72 Soixante-douze

  • 73 Soixante-treize

  • 74 Soixante-quatorze

  • 75 Soixante-quinze

  • 76 Soixante-seize

  • 77 Soixante-dix-sept

  • 78 Soixante-dix-huit

  • 79 Soixante-dix-neuf

  • 80 Quatre-vingts

From the number 70, there is a change of pattern.  

  • 70 is consider to be 60+10,

  • 71 = 60+11,

  • 72 = 60+12,

  • and so on until 79.

Numbers are separated with hyphens.

To express the number 80 in French, it's like if you were doing a multiplication. 80=4*20 so that is written as Quatre-vingts. The word quatre-vings takes an "S" at the end.

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Numbers from  81  to 90

  • 81 Quatre-vingt-un

  • 82 Quatre-vingt-deux

  • 83 Quatre-vingt-trois

  • 84 Quatre-vingt-quatre

  • 85 Quatre-vingt-cinq

  • 86 Quatre-vingt-six

  • 87 Quatre-vingt-sept

  • 88 Quatre-vingt-huit

  • 89 Quatre-vingt-neuf

  • 90 Quatre-vingt-dix

You'll notice that 81 is decomposed in 4*20+1,

82 = 4*20+1,

83 = 4*20+3,

and so on.

⛔Pay attention to the fact that there is no "S" after vingt like it is for  the number80 (quatre-vingts).

For 81, we use a hyphen an not "et" as it is in the numbers 31, 41, 51 and  61.

Numbers from  91  to 100

  • 91 Quatre-vingt-onze

  • 92 Quatre-vingt-douze

  • 93 Quatre-vingt-treize

  • 94 Quatre-vingt-quatorze

  • 95 Quatre-vingt-quinze

  • 96 Quatre-vingt-seize

  • 97 Quatre-vingt-dix-sept

  • 98 Quatre-vingt-dix-huit

  • 99 Quatre-vingt-dix-neuf

  • 100 Cent

From 90, the pattern changes again. This time, 

  • 90 = 80+10,

  • 91 = 80+11,

  • 92 = 80+12,

  • and so on until 99.

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How to say 70, 80 amd 90 in Belgium and Switzerland?

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Note that there are some regional differences. In Switzerland it will be common to hear the following numbers:

  • Septante=> 70

  • huitante => 80

  • Nonante => 90

In Belgium, they also use Septante and nonante, but prefer to say "quatre-vingts" like French people.

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