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French 9: Les Nombres

Number French 0 zéro 1 un 2 deux 3 trois 4 quatre 5 cinq 6 six 7 sept 8 huit 9 neuf 10 dix 11 onze 12 douze 13 treize 14 quatorze 15 quinze 16 seize 17 dix-sept 18 dix-huit 19 dix-neuf 20 vingt 20 vingt 21 vingt- et -un 22 vingt-deux 23 vingt-trois 24 vingt-quatre 25 vingt-cinq 26 vingt-six 27 vingt-sept 28 vingt-huit 29 vingt-neuf 30 trente 31 trente- et -un ... 40 quarante 41 quarante- et -un ... 50 cinquante 51 cinquante- et -un For 60 through 79, French combines  soixante  (60) with the numbers from 1 to 19. There is no separate word for 70. Number French 60 soixante 61 soixante-et-un 62 soixante-deux 63 soixante-trois 64 soixante-quatre 65 soixante-cinq 66 soixante-six 67 soixante-sept 68 soixante-huit 69 soixante-neuf 70 soixante-dix 71 soixante-et-onze 72 soixante-douze 73 soixante-treize 74 soixante-quatorze 75 soixante-quinze 76 soixante-seize 77 soixante-dix-sept 78 soixante-dix-huit 79 soixante-dix-neuf

French 8: Pronouns aka A Ten Year Journey

On is a versatile and ubiquitous French indefinite subject pronoun. Francophones usually say on to refer to "us", "them", or one or more unidentified persons. On is always masculine and third-person singular, which is why conjugation charts often list il/elle/on together. Direct Object Pronouns English Direct Object me me you (sing.) te him le her la us nous you (plur. or formal sing.) vous them les Direct object pronouns usually come before their verbs. En The adverbial pronoun en can be used to replace objects introduced by de. For instance, it can replace a partitive article + noun. En may replace nouns or pronouns in verb constructions that use de, like parler de ("to talk about"). Nouns in adverbs of quantity can also be replaced with en. Y The adverbial pronoun y can refer to a previously mentioned or implied place, in which case it's usually translated as "there". Relative pronouns introduce relative clauses, which are