BUY 11 NUMBER FLASHCARDS 70-80
LES NOMBRES 70-80
Numbers, in French, are quite difficult to remember and understand.
pair - even
impair - odd
When you get to 70, instead of a new "tens" word, soixante is kept and the "ones" word continues counting from 10:
71 soixante et onze
72 soixante-douze
73 soixante-treize
74 soixante-quatorze
75 soixante-quinze
76 soixante-seize
77 soixante-dix-sept
78 soixante-dix-huit
79 soixante-dix-neuf
There is no word for 80 in standard French,* instead 80 is quatre-vingts, literally four-twenties (think "four-score").
81 is quatre-vingt-un (four-twenty-one)
82 is quatre-vingt-deux (four-twenty-two)
83 is quatre-vingt-trois (four-twenty-three)
84 is quatre-vingt-quatre (four-twenty-four)
85 is quatre-vingt-cinq (four-twenty-five)
86 is quatre-vingt-six (four-twenty-six)
87 is quatre-vingt-sept (four-twenty-seven)
88 is quatre-vingt-huit (four-twenty-eight)
89 is quatre-vingt-neuf (four-twenty-nine)
There's no word for 90 either, so you continue using quatre-vingt and adding from ten.
90 is quatre-vingt-dix (four-twenty-ten),
91 is quatre-vingt-onze (four-twenty-eleven)
92 is quatre-vingt-douze (four-twenty-twelve)
93 is quatre-vingt-treize (four-twenty-thirteen)
94 is quatre-vingt-quatorze (four-twenty-fourteen)
95 is quatre-vingt-quinze (four-twenty-fifteen)
96 is quatre-vingt-seize (four-twenty-sixteen)
97 is quatre-vingt-dix-sept(four-twenty-seventeen)
98 is quatre-vingt-dix-huit (four-twenty-eighteen)
99 is quatre-vingt-dix-neuf (four-twenty-nineteen)
