French Toujour

Let's start from numbers 20 to 69 The numbers from 20 to 69 in French is quite simple. Add the units/single number to the tens number. Use a hyphen to join the numbers. Let's start with the tens. 20    vingt 30    trente 40    quarante 50    cinquante 60    soixante 70    soixante-dix 80    quatre-vingt 90    quatre-vingt-dix 100  cent Now, as per the equation, add the number to the units (20,30,40,...) For ex: 20 + 1 = 21  vingt-et-un              20 + 2 = 22 vingt deux Note1: The conjunction "and" or "et" in french is used to join the numbers 21,31,41, 51,61. Note2: According to Orthographe traditionnelle (traditional spelling) it's written as "vingt et un" i.e, without the hyphen. According to orthographe rectifiée de 1990( rectified spelling as of 1990) it's written as "vingt-et-un" 20  vingt          ...

The numbers in French are a bit irregular and it is always advised to learn them by heart. The essential 1 to 20 numbers are described here: img:google Numbers in french from 1 to 20 0   z ér o                                  11 onze 1   un                                      12 douze 2  deux                                  13 treize 3  trois                                  14 quatorze 4 quatre                                 15 quinze 5 cinq                  ...

L'alphabet The letters in French language are the same as the English language. However, the letters "k" and "w" are not used often.  Now you must have noticed letters with marks such as à, á, é, è, ê, ñ, û.. They are called "Les Accents" and are placed on vowels. There are 3 accents: L'accent aigu ( ´ ): It's an acute accent used only on e. L'accent grave ( ` ): This accent usually appears on e, a and u. L'accent circonflexe ( ˆ ): The circumflex is an accent that can occur on any vowel except "y". The use of this accent shows the omission of "s" in most words as compared to English words. Ex: forest; for êt. Orthographic signs L'cedille (ç) : It's that little s placed below the letter "c" (before a, o, u) and sounds like s instead of k. Le tr éma ( ï) :  The letter with  tr éma is pronounced separately from the one before it. L'apostrophe ('): This indicates omis...