Verb drill
French numbers 0–69: write the number you need
Practise French numbers from zero to sixty-nine in real situations: prices, door numbers, ages and scores. Type each number in words and check your spelling.
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In short
From 0 to 69, French numbers are regular once you know 0–16: dix-sept is ten-seven, vingt et un uses et for 21, 31, 41, 51 and 61, and every other compound takes a hyphen: vingt-deux, quarante-cinq, soixante-huit.
Yellow the idea to rememberBlue French to learn
| Number | French | Number | French |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | onze | 20 | vingt |
| 12 | douze | 30 | trente |
| 13 | treize | 40 | quarante |
| 14 | quatorze | 50 | cinquante |
| 15 | quinze | 60 | soixante |
| 16 | seize | 0 | zéro |
Since the 1990 spelling reform, you may hyphenate every compound (vingt-et-un). Both spellings are accepted; this page accepts both in the exercise.
1 · Write the number in words
- 7
- 13
- 16
- 17
- 21
- 29
- 34
- 41
- 55
- 68
2 · Numbers in real life
- J'habite au numéro de la rue Victor-Hugo. (12)
- Le pain coûte euro trente. (1)
- Ma fille a ans. (15)
- Il est né en mille neuf cent . (60)
- Le score final : trois à . (2)
- Prenez le bus . (46)
- La salle est au premier étage. (21)
- Il reste places. (52)
- Ça fait euros. (33)
- Mon code postal commence par . (69)
How do you pronounce French numbers?
Listen for these
- six and dix end in an "s" sound alone (j'en ai six), are silent before a consonant (six livres) and say "z" before a vowel (six ans).
- huit loses its "t" before a consonant: huit jours sounds like "ui jour".
- vingt is "vin" alone, but the "t" is heard in vingt-deux through vingt-neuf.
How do you say prices and phone numbers in French?
Prices are read as euros, then cents, without the word centimes: 3,45 € is trois euros quarante-cinq. If the price is under one euro, say the cents alone: 0,60 € is soixante centimes. Shop staff often skip euros altogether: ça fait douze cinquante means €12.50.
Le menu du jour est à seize euros cinquante.
The set menu is €16.50.
No et, no centimes: just euros, then the cents number.
J'ai trente-huit ans et mon frère en a quarante et un.
I'm thirty-eight and my brother is forty-one.
Ages always use avoir: j'ai 38 ans, never je suis 38.