How to count in french
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The document explains the importance of learning numbers in French for practical everyday situations such as shopping, asking about age, discussing dates, telling time, and traveling. It emphasizes that understanding numbers helps in conversations about personal details and logistics. Additionally, it provides a counting guide from 1 to 20 in French.
How to count in french
- 1. How to Count in French
- 2. Why should you learn numbers? Counting is one of those aspects that no one can avoid learning about. You may not notice but numbers are everywhere... 11
- 3. Shopping Telling the store owner the quantity of items you want. What if something is on sale and the cashier forgets to include the discount? Imagine your bill comes to €238,21 and you can't see the screen on the cash register Deux de ceux s'il vous plaît. Cela fait deux cent trente-huit y vingt et un euro s'il vous plaît. That's two hundred and thirty-eight and twenty-one euros, please. Two of those please.
- 4. Tu as quel age? J'ai 29 ans. Talking about age Whether you are 13, 35 or 99, you need to know your French numbers to be able to answer the question. You also need to be able to understand numbers so you don’t make any mistakes when it comes to understanding the other person’s age.
- 5. Talking about dates It’s very important that you learn numbers so you can talk about dates. If someone says that they can meet on a certain date, you need to be confident that you have the right details. This also applies to talking about birthdays or other important dates.
- 6. Talking about datesVoulez-vous aller boire un verre le vingt- deux mai? Ça a l'air génial. Voulez- vous rencontrer à sept heures? C'est quand ton anniversaire? Mon anniversaire est le treize décembre. That sounds great. Do you want to meet at seven o'clock? Do you want to go for a drink on the twenty-second of May? When is your birthday? My birthday is on the thirteenth of December.
- 7. Telling the time Be able to tell the time and understand the time if someone tells you in French. Key words heure(s) = hour(s) minute(s) = minute(s) et demi = half et quart = quarter et = and moins = less
- 8. Travelling Finding your assigned train and your seat are also important. You want to be able to get on the right bus by going to the correct bay. Numbers come in handy when asking how far away something is.
- 9. Travelling Le bus numéro cinquante-six va à Liège. Quelle baie est desservie par le bus numéro cinquante-six? Le numéro de mon siège est quarante-trois. La gare est à dix minutes d'ici. Bus number fifty-six goes to Liege. Which bay does bus number fifty- six stop at? The train station is 10 minutes from here. My seat number is forty three.
- 10. Speaking about yourself Saying how many siblings you have. Speaking about when you have visited certain places. Birthdays, age, family members Speaking about where you live.
- 11. Speaking about yourself J'ai trois frères et soeurs. J'ai vécu en France pendant 3 mois. Ma mère a cinquante-cinq ans. Mon père a un an de plus que ma mère. J'ai 24 ans. J'ai vécu dans quatre pays. J'habite au numéro quatre- vingt douze Sunny Street. My mother is fifty-five. My father is one year older than my mother. I live in Sunny Street ninety- two. I have three siblings. I am 24 years old. I lived in France for 3 months. I lived in four countries.
- 12. How to count from 1-20 in French 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Un Deux Trois Quatre Cinq Six Sept Huit Neuf Dix Onze Douze Treize Quatorze Quinze Seize Dix-sept Dix-huit Dix-neuf Vingt