Numbers are everywhere in daily life: paying at a café, giving your phone number, or understanding an address. Mastering 0–100 gives you instant confidence.

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1. Numbers 0–10

Learn these by heart. They are the building blocks.

0 → zéro
1 → un
2 → deux
3 → trois
4 → quatre
5 → cinq
6 → six
7 → sept
8 → huit
9 → neuf
10 → dix

👉 Practice: say your own phone number digit by digit with these. Example: 06 → zéro six.

2. Numbers 11–16

These are unique, memorize them.

11 → onze
12 → douze
13 → treize
14 → quatorze
15 → quinze
16 → seize

3. Numbers 17–19

From 17, we use dix + the number.

17 → dix-sept
18 → dix-huit
19 → dix-neuf

4. Tens: 20, 30, 40, 50, 60

20 → vingt
30 → trente
40 → quarante
50 → cinquante
60 → soixante

👉 Combine them with units:
21 → vingt et un
22 → vingt-deux
37 → trente-sept

5. The tricky part: 70, 80, 90

Here French is different.

70 = soixante-dix (literally “sixty-ten”)
71 = soixante-et-onze (sixty and eleven)
72 = soixante-douze

80 = quatre-vingts (literally “four twenties”)
81 = quatre-vingt-un
82 = quatre-vingt-deux

90 = quatre-vingt-dix (four-twenty-ten)
91 = quatre-vingt-onze
99 = quatre-vingt-dix-neuf

6. 100

100 = cent

Mini practice

• Order at a café:
  Un café, s’il vous plaît. C’est combien ?
  C’est deux euros cinquante.

• Say your age:
  J’ai vingt-neuf ans. (I am 29 years old.)

• Share your phone number:
  Mon numéro, c’est zéro six, vingt-trois, quarante, dix-sept, douze.

Important Tip: Review the tens and master them, so it will be easier for you tu use the numbers. And then, review the tricky ones, for example: 84 quatre-vingt-quatre.

The price: 2,99€ is said: deux euros quatre-vingt-dix-neuf. You don't need to say deux euros virgule (",") quatre...

👉 After this lesson, you can understand prices, give your phone number, say your age, and follow daily conversations with numbers up to 100.