French Numbers: A Comprehensive Guide

• French numbers from 0 to 100 are provided: zéro (0), un (1), deux (2), trois (3), quatre (4), cinq (5), six (6), sept (7), huit (8), neuf (9), dix (10), onze (11), douze (12), treize (13), quatorze (14), quinze (15), seize (16), dix-sept (17), dix-huit (18), dix-neuf (19), vingt (20), and so on up to cent (100).

• Numbers 21-69 are constructed in a straightforward manner, following the pattern of "vingt et un" (21), "vingt-deux" (22), "trente" (30), "trente et un" (31), "quarante" (40), "quarante et un" (41), "cinquante" (50), "cinquante et un" (51), "soixante" (60), "soixante et un" (61).

• Numbers 70-79 use "soixante" (60) plus another number e.g., "soixante-dix" (70), "soixante et onze" (71).

• Numbers 80-99 use "quatre-vingt" (80), using variations of 20, such as "quatre-vingt-un" (81), and "quatre-vingt-dix" (90).

• 100 designated as "cent".

Useful French Phrases

• Répéter plus lentement translates to "Repeat more slowly."
• C’est quoi means "It’s what?" or "What is it?"
• J’ai oublié translates to "I forgot."
• Comment ça s'écrit means "How is it written?"
• Je dois partir translates to "I have to leave."
• J'ai un rendez-vous means "I have an appointment."
• Hier, j'etais absent(e) translates to "Yesterday, I was absent."
• Est-ce que je peux aller means "May I go?"
• Est-ce que je peux avoir means "May I have?"
• Comment dit-on __ en français? : "How do you say __ in French?"

Questions

• Quelle est la date limite? translates to "When is the assignment due?"
• Est-ce que vous pouvez corriger mon travail? means "Can you correct my work?"
• Est-ce que nous avons des devoirs? translates to "Do we have any homework?"
• Je ne peux pas voir/entendre translates to "I can’t see/hear."

Instructions

• Écoutez: Listen
• Lisez: Read
• Écrivez: Write
• Parlez plus fort: Speak louder
• Regardez: Look
• Traduisez: Translate
• Répondez: Reply
• Répétez: Repeat
• Vous avez compris: You understood

Regular Verbs

• ER verbs: Keep the word before the ending to conjugate
• IR verbs: Drop the -ir from the infinitive and add the second conjugation present tense endings.
• RE verbs: Remove the infinitive ending (-re) to find the infinitive stem verb and add the correct conjugation ending

Conjugations of Key Verbs

• Être (to be): Je suis, tu es, il/elle est, nous sommes, vous êtes, ils/elles sont.
• Avoir (to have): J’ai, tu as, il/elle a, nous avons, vous avez, ils/elles ont.
• Aller (to go): Je vais, tu vas, il/elle va, nous allons, vous allez, ils/elles vont.
• Faire (to do/make): Je fais, tu fais, il/elle fait, nous faisons, vous faites, ils/elles font.
• Dire (to say): Je dis, tu dis, il/elle dit, nous disons, vous dites, ils/elles disent.
• "___ et toi = vous" and "___ et moi = nous."

Interrogative Words

• Qui: who
• Que/quoi: what
• A qui: to whom
• A quoi: to what
• Lequel/Laquelle: Which one
• Ou: Or
• Quand: when
• Pourquoi: why
• Comment: How
• Quel/quels/quelle/quelles: which
• Combien: how much

Greetings

• Bonjour: Hello
• Salut: Hello/Hi
• Bonsoir: Good evening
• Comment ça va: How are you?
• Je vais bien: I'm good
• Au revoir: Goodbye
• A bientôt: See you soon
• Bonne journée: Have a nice day
• Merci: Thank you
• A demain: See you tomorrow

Definite & Indefinite Articles

• Use l’ when the word after the article starts with a vowel (a, e, i, o, u, y).

Asking Questions

• Questions can be asked using rising intonation.
• Use question tags like "est-ce que," "n’est-ce pas," or "non?"
• Inversion of subject and verb can be utilised
• When the subject pronoun is il(s) or elle(s) and the verb does not end with a t, add a t between the verb and the pronoun

Negation

• Ne…rien: Nothing
• Ne…personne: Nobody
• Ne...jamais: Never
• Ne…plus: No more or no longer
• Ne… pas du tout: not at all
• Ne… pas encore: not yet

Personal Pronouns

• Personal pronouns include: je, tu, il, elle, on, qui, nous, vous, ils, elles.

This guide covers French numbers from zero to one hundred. It explains number formation, including the patterns for numbers 21-69, 70-79, and 80-99 and includes the translation of useful phrases.