FRENCH NUMBERS – PART 2 / LES NOMBRES FRANÇAIS – PART 2

Welcome on the second part of the “French numbers” lessons! :)

In part 1, we talked about the basic numbers, from 1 to 99. In this lesson, we will talk about:Hundreds and Thousands. 

Let’s get started!  


*NOTE: If you wonder how to say “0” in French and how to write it, it’s very simple! It’s like English “zero”. 
0 = zéro (z[ey]ro)   



Hundreds: 

100 = Cent
200 = Deux cent
300 = Trois cent
400 = Quatre cent
500 = Cinq cent
600 = Six cent
700 = Sept cent
800 = Huit cent
900 = Neuf cent  


Thousands: 

1 000 = Mille
2 000 = Deux mille
3 000 = Trois mille
4 000 = Quatre mille
5 000 = Cinq mille
6 000 = Six mille
7 000 = Sept mille
8 000 = Huit mille
9 000 = Neuf mille

 Keep in mind: numbers are invariable. Always written in the singular form, without any “s” at the end, like you can see it sometimes with plural form. Let’s break down some of the numbers, below:


101 = Cent un
102 = Cent deux
103 = Cent trois
104 = Cent quatre 

Etc…Remember, it’s like the basic numbers. 105 will be “Cent cinq = 100 + 5” and so on… Same for 200, 300, 400, etc…


201 = Deux cent un (200 Deux cent + 1 un)
236 = Deux cent trente-six (200 Deux cent + 36 trente-six) 

387 = Trois cent quatre-vingt-sept (300 Trois cent + 87 quatre-vingt-sept)
362 = Trois cent soixante-deux (300 Trois cent + 62 soixante-deux) 

452 = Quatre cent cinquante-deux (400 Quatre cent + 52 cinquante-deux)
412 = Quatre cent douze (400 Quatre cent + 12 douze) 

521 = Cinq cent vingt et un (500 Cinq cent + 21 vingt et un)
593 = Cinq cent quatre-vingt-treize (500 Cinq cent + 93 quatre-vingt-treize) 

622 = Six cent vingt-deux (600 Six cent + 22 vingt-deux)
615 = Six cent quinze (600 six cent + 15 quinze) 

733 = Sept cent trente-trois (700 Sept cent + 33 trente-trois)
701 = Sept cent un (700 Sept cent + 1 un) 

847 = Huit cent quarante-sept (800 Huit cent + 47 quarante-sept)
806 = Huit cent six (800 Huit cent + 6 six) 

966 = Neuf cent soixante-six (900 Neuf cent + 66 soixante-six)
974 = Neuf cent soixante-quatorze (900 Neuf cent + 74 soixante-quatorze)

If you have a doubt, please check out part 1 of this lesson! But basically, this is not complicated to do! Just take 100 (cent) and add the number behind!

Ex) 100 + 42 = 142 and when you pronounce it, it will be exactly the same as it is written: Cent quarante deux (142) 

NOTE: You can put a dash (“tiret” in French) between the written form if you want, but if you don’t follow this rule, it’s correct as well:

142 = Cent quarante-deux

142 = Cent quarante deux
BOTH are correct with or without the ‘‘tiret’’!

This is all for the Hundreds! In part 3 (last part of this lesson), we will see the Thousand and some examples on how to use numbers in basic sentences!
 

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