Here are the numbers in French:
Counting from 1 to 10:
1. un
2. deux
3. trois
4. quatre
5. cinque
6. six
7. sept
8. huit
9. neuf
10. dix
11-19:
11. onze
12. douze
13. treize
14. quatorze
15. quinze
16. seize
17. dix-sept (which means 'ten-seven')
18. dix-huit
19. dix-neuf
now it will only get worse...
20. vingt
21. vingt et un ('et' is 'and' and you only use it for ~1)
22. vingt-deux (see? no 'et' anymore - and now you need a dash)
23. vingt-trois
etc.
30. trente
31. trente et un
32. trente-deux
etc.
same rule for these:
40. quarante
50. cinquante
60. soixante
and now there comes another problem...
70. soixante-dix (which means, basically, 'sixty-ten')
71. soixante-et-onze ('sixty-and-eleven')
72. soixante-douze ('sixty-twelve')
73. soixante-treize
80. quatre-vingts ('four twenties' - notice that '20' is plural, that's why there is an 's' at the end)
81. quatre-vight-un (no 's' anymore and no 'et' before 'un', as it was in previous ~1s)
82. quatre-vight-deux
90. quatre-vingt-dix (this would be something like 4*20+10 - that's how they explained it to me when I was too young to understand such complicated maths xD) (notice that 20 is NOT plural)
91. quatre-vingt-onze (no 'et' here)
92. quatre-vingt-douze
100. cent
0. zéro
These are kind of hard, but it's not the worst case ever - check out Hindi numbers!
For using these you might also need some basic grammar and that is what I will explain in the next part of Lesson 1.
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