For counting simple objects, start with zero, then one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. After ten, the numbers continue with eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty. In a shop, on a table or in a list, these forms are used to say how many things there are. With the Numerical adjectives, you also recognize them when they accompany a noun: two apples, four coffees, ten books. The numbers stay the same for counting people, objects, or places.

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Le mot désigne un petit groupe de troisLe mot désigne un groupe de dixLe mot désigne un groupe de huitLe mot désigne une quantité de septLe mot désigne un ensemble de quatreLe mot désigne une seule choseLe mot désigne une quantité de vingtLe mot désigne un total de sixLe mot désigne aucune quantitéLe mot désigne une paireLe mot désigne une quantité de neufLe mot désigne une petite quantité de cinqLe mot désigne une quantité de douze

Basic numbers for counting

Word	Definition
zéro	The word designates no amount.
un	The word designates one single thing.
deux	The word designates a pair.
trois	The word designates a small group of three.
quatre	The word designates an ensemble of four.
cinq	The word designates a small quantity of five.
six	The word designates a total of six.
sept	The word designates a quantity of seven.
huit	The word designates a group of eight.
neuf	The word designates a quantity of nine.
dix	The word designates a group of ten.
douze	The word designates a quantity of twelve.
vingt	The word designates a quantity of twenty.

Scramble

To go further, learn the tens twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, sixty. They are used to form many useful numbers: twenty-one, thirty-two, forty-five, fifty-eight, sixty-nine. In speech, you often hear these forms in shops, schedules, and prices. When a number is larger, you can read it by groups: sixty + twelve gives sixty-two. This way of counting is based on the same basis as the numbers seen with Nombre Nominal, because the number is used to specify the quantity.

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Le mot sert à former les nombres autour de trenteLe mot sert à former les nombres autour de soixanteLe mot sert à former les nombres après neufLe mot sert à former les nombres autour de vingtLe mot sert à former les nombres autour de cinquanteLe mot sert à former les nombres autour de quarante

Tens useful in daily life

Word	Definition
dix	The word is used to form numbers after nine.
vingt	The word is used to form numbers around twenty.
trente	The word is used to form numbers around thirty.
quarante	The word is used to form numbers around forty.
cinquante	The word is used to form numbers around fifty.
soixante	The word is used to form numbers around sixty.

Scramble

To say your age, say I have + age. For example: I am twenty years old. We use avoir with age, not être. To ask someone’s age, say What age are you? in a simple conversation, or What age do you have? to speak politely to someone you don’t know well. The answer repeats the same structure: I am eight years old, I am thirty years old. The numbers you learned are used here in a very common everyday life sentence.

Phrases for talking about age

Usage	Explanation
Saying your age	We use I am with a number to say your age simply.
Asking for age	We use how old are you to ask someone.
Responding politely	You can add thank you or a smile to give a soft, natural answer.
Talking about a child	We often say he has or she has with an age to talk about a child.
Talking about oneself	We use I am when talking about one’s own age.

In a shop, numbers often appear with a price or a quantity. You can read three euros, five cents, two bottles, four kilos, a pack of six. After a price, the number indicates how much is to be paid. After a noun, it indicates how many objects we take. In a sentence like I want two apples, two specifies the quantity. In That costs ten euros, ten indicates the price. These forms are very useful for shopping and for Money and Finance.

Simple rules for money and quantity

Idea
The price is read before the number when announcing a sum.
A price with cents is read in two parts to separate euros and cents.
The noun agrees after a number according to the indicated quantity.
One can ask how much to know a quantity or a price.
We use enough to indicate a sufficient quantity in a concrete situation.

Numbers are also used to read the base time, a date or a number. For the time, you can hear it is eight o’clock, it is ten thirty. For a date, the numbers give the day: the 3rd of May, the 14th of July. In a building, a room number or an address is read the same way: room 12, street 18. In speech, you must recognize the digit quickly, because it gives practical information immediately.

Rules for reading numbers in context

Idea
We read the time with numbers to give a precise moment.
We write the date with an ordinal number to mark the day of the month.
We use the room number to find a room in a building.
We give a street number with a number to locate a house.
We read floors with a number to go up in a building.

In announcements, invoices and general information, you often encounter large numbers like hundred, thousand, two hundred, three thousand, ten thousand. In writing, the digits help you spot them quickly. In speech, you have to match the sound to the expected number. Hundred appears in hundred euros or hundred people; thousand in thousand euros or thousand meters. Numbers are also heard in very common expressions like number 100, line 200, page 300. With these forms, you read amounts, quantities and references without getting stuck on the digits.

Common sounds of large numbers

Word	Notation	Description	Example
cent	sɑ̃	One hears a nasal sound and the final consonant is not pronounced.	Le mot cent sonne doux comme un nuage.The word hundred sounds soft like a cloud.
mille	mil	One hears the final consonant clearly without a nasal sound.	Le mot mille claque comme un pas de soldat.The word thousand snaps like a soldier’s step.
million	mijɔ̃	One hears the nasal sound at the end of the word.	Le mot million roule comme une grosse bille.The word million rolls like a big marble.
deux cents	dø sɑ̃	One hears the s at the end of two and then the nasal sound of hundred.	Dans deux cents les deux mots se suivent très vite.In two hundreds the two words follow each other very quickly.
quatre vingt	katʁə vɛ̃	One hears the nasal sound of twenty in this group of numbers.	Le nombre quatre vingt file comme un vélo rapide.The number quatre-vingt speeds like a fast bicycle.