Numbers 0–100
Count in French from zero to a hundred: with pronunciation for every number.
COMPOUND NUMBERS 21–69: Use ET only for ONE: vingt et un (twenty-one), trente et un (thirty-one), quarante et un (forty-one), cinquante et un (fifty-one), soixante et un (sixty-one). All others use hyphen only: vingt-deux (twenty-two), trente-cinq (thirty-five), quarante-huit (forty-eight)
THE TRICKY 70s: French uses arithmetic: 70 = soixante-dix (seventy), 71 = soixante et onze (seventy-one), 72 = soixante-douze (seventy-two)... 79 = soixante-dix-neuf (seventy-nine). THE TRICKY 80s: 80 = quatre-vingts (eighty) (4×20). Note the S on vingts when it stands alone but NO S when followed by another number: quatre-vingts (eighty) BUT quatre-vingt-un (eighty-one), quatre-vingt-deux (eighty-two). THE TRICKY 90s: 90 = quatre-vingt-dix (ninety), 91 = quatre-vingt-onze (ninety-one)... 99 = quatre-vingt-dix-neuf (ninety-nine). No ET in this range
100: cent (one hundred) (no article, no S): cent euros (one hundred euros) (liaison!). Plural: deux cents (two hundred) (with S) BUT deux cent cinquante (two hundred fifty) (no S because another number follows)
- 22: vingt-deux — twenty-two
- 71: soixante et onze — seventy-one (60+11)
- 83: quatre-vingt-trois — eighty-three: vingt's t is SILENT here
- 97: quatre-vingt-dix-sept — ninety-seven