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Vocabulary
Objective: Recognise, pronounce, and write French numbers from zero to thirty in typical daily contexts.
| Number | French | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | zéro | Nasal vowel |
| 1 | un / une | Gender agreement |
| 5 | cinq | Silent q |
| 10 | dix | Final x silent |
| 16 | seize | Single word |
| 17 | dix-sept | Hyphen joins parts |
| 20 | vingt | Final t silent |
| 21 | vingt et un | et un rule |
| 22 | vingt-deux | Hyphen joins parts |
| 30 | trente | Final e silent |
Compound numbers from 22 onward join their elements with a hyphen, so vingt-deux is written as a single hyphenated unit.
The number 21 uses the word et between vingt and un, giving vingt et un rather than a hyphenated form.
Une appears before the feminine noun sœur, while deux stays invariable before the masculine frères.
Prices use the standard number forms. Quinze is a single word with no hyphen.
The number 21 uses et between its two parts. Age uses avoir, not être.
The teen dix-huit joins dix and huit with a hyphen.
The number sept appears before the feminine plural noun heures, with no gender change since it is above one.
5 exercises · about 8 minutes
The numbers 17, 18, and 19 join dix to the unit with a hyphen, so the correct forms are dix-sept, dix-huit, and dix-neuf.
Vingt-deux uses the hyphen that every compound number from 22 onward requires.
French phone numbers are read in two-digit pairs. Each pair uses the standard number forms.
The full price statement uses ça fait with the compound number vingt-neuf.