Do you remember the numbers one through twenty in French? Let’s review them briefly.
For example:
un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf, dix
onze, douze, treize, quatorze, quinze, seize, dix-sept, dix-huit, dix-neuf, vingt
If you want talk about your family and their ages, what numbers do you need to know? Do you remember how to say thirty through sixty? Review these numbers in the table below. Click each number word to see it written in digits.
| French | Digit |
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30 |
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40 |
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50 |
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60 |
Do you have any family members who are seventy or older? If you do, you will need to know an odd little rule about counting in French. Usually, you can just put two numbers together to get the number you want. Fifty-three is the same in French, cinquante-trois.
But the word for seventy is soixante-dix. Literally sixty-ten. and you keep using the teen numbers all throughout the seventies.
For example:
Soixante-douze (72 is sixty-twelve)
Soixante-dix-huit (78 is sixty-eighteen)
Take some time to practice these numbers in the next matching activity. Read the French sentence and find the English one that matches it.
Now listen carefully to the sentences in French and match each one to the correct English sentence.
Take a look at the phrase bank below and see if you can match it to its french audio. When you think you’ve got it, click on card to check your answer.
Phrase Bank
- My grandfather is seventy-five years old.
- My brother is seventeen years old.
- My grandmother is fifty-three years old.
- My stepfather is forty-two years old.
- My mother is thirty-one years old.
- My big sister is eighteen years old.
My grandfather is seventy-five years old.
My brother is seventeen years old.
My grandmother is fifty-three years old.
My stepfather is forty-two years old.
My mother is thirty-one years old.
My big sister is eighteen years old.
Can you say the ages of all your family members? Can you ask your friends how old their family members are? Remember if you want to say your brother or sisters, you use ton, ta, or tes.
Question
How do you ask How old is your sister in French?
Quel âge a ta sœur?
