How do you count from 1 to 10 in French?
How do you count from 1 to 10 in French?
In French, it’s as simple as un, deux, trois.
- zéro (zeh-ro)
- un (uh)
- deux (duh)
- trois (twah)
- quatre (kat-ruh)
- cinq (sank)
- six (sees)
- sept (set)
How do you memorize French numbers?
Let’s start with the basics: How to count from 0-10 in French. Before we begin, the good news is, this set of numbers is just like those in many other languages: simply a word for each that you have to memorize….The numbers 0-10 in French.
| 0 | zéro |
|---|---|
| 7 | sept |
| 8 | huit |
| 9 | neuf |
| 10 | dix |
How do we say the number 79 in French?
This is the case all the way through seventy-nine: soixante (60) plus nineteen dix-neuf (19) equals soixante dix-neuf….70-79.
| soixante-dix 70 | soixante-et-onze 71 |
|---|---|
| soixante-seize 76 | soixante-dix-sept 77 |
| soixante-dix-huit 78 | soixante-dix-neuf 79 |
Why do French count so weird?
In French too, we see this, up until the seventies when, as we’ve said, things go weird. Then in comes the “vigesimal system” which used the base 20, hence quatre-vingt-quatre (84). This is supposedly as they used their feet as well as their hands to count. Fingers and toes included, you get twenty.
How do you say 47 in French?
Here are the French Numbers 41-50….French Numbers 41-50.
| Number | French Spelling | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| 47 | quarante-sept | kuh-rawnt-set |
| 48 | quarante-huit | kuh-rawnt-wheet |
| 49 | quarante-neuf | kuh-rawnt-nurf |
| 50 | cinquante | sank-awnt |
What is seize in French number?
16 — seize. 17 — dix-sept.