25

26

27

28

29

NOTE. The final consonant of deux, trois, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf, and dix is sounded when before a vowel or h mute; as,

Deux amis, two friends; trois_hommes, three men; trois_et deux font cinq, three and two are five; cinq_ardoises, five slates; six_oiseaux, six birds; sept_écus, seven crowns; huit_ou neuf, eight or nine, etc. (See page 17.)

But it is mute when the following word begins with a consonant or h aspirated; as,

21 Cinquante-trois
22 Cinquante-quatre
23 Cinquante-cinq

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Deux livres, two books; trois héros, three heroes; cinq garçons, five boys; les cinq pour cent, the five per cent; six tableaux, six pictures; sept chaises, seven chairs; huit francs, eight francs; neuf sous, nine sous, i. e. fourpence-halfpenny; deux cents, two hundred; trois cents, three hundred, etc. Vingt et un, Vingt-deux, Vingt-trois, Vingt-quatre, Vingt-cinq, Vingt-six, Vingt-sept, Vingt-huit, Vingt-neuf, Trente.... Trente et un Trente-deux Trente-trois

g is mute but t is sounded.

30 Soixante-deux....
31 Soixante-trois

32 Soixante-quatre
33 Soixante-cinq
34 Soixante-six
35 Soixante-sept
36 Soixante-huit

54

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55

24 Cinquante-six

56

Cinquante-sept

57

...

Cinquante-huit

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66

67

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74. NOTE. Formerly septante, octante, and nonante were used instead of soixante et dix, quatre-vingts, and quatre-vingt-dix.

75. Cent takes an s when preceded by a number by which it is multiplied, as deux cents, deux cents hommes, but cent is undeclined when followed by another number, with which it is numerally connected, deux cent dix hommes; cent is also undeclined in expressing a date, l'an deux cent. Vingt also takes an s when preceded by a number by which it is multiplied, as quatre-vingts, cent quatre-vingts francs, six vingts hommes (six vingts is sometimes used instead of cent vingt). But vingt does not take s when followed by another number with which it is connected, as quatre-vingt-deux. 76. The conjunction and used in English after the word hundred when followed by another number, with which it is connected, is not expressed in French; as, three hundred and twenty, trois cent vingt. Nor is the word one generally expressed before hundred or thousand; as, one hundred and ten, cent dix; one thousand eight hundred and forty years, mille huit cent quarante ans. But we may say un cent, when speaking of things which are sold by the number; as, un cent d'épingles, a hundred pins.

77. Mille, a thousand, never takes s, as deux mille, dix mille; it is spelt mil in expressing the date of the year, as l'an mil huit cent huit, the year 1808. Mille, a mile, takes an s in the plural; as, dix mille milles, ten thousand miles.

Dixième

Onzième..

10e 10th Quatre-vingtième 80e 80th

11e 11th Quatre-vingt

Douzième

12e 12th

dixième Centième

...

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90o 90th

100e 100th

Seizième.

Cent-cinquan

15e 15th tième

16e 16th Deux-centième... 200o 200th

Dix-septième 17e 17th Millième
Dix-huitième

......

......

18e 18th Millionième, etc.

1000e1000th

The ordinal numbers become adverbs by adding ement or ment; as, premièrement, 1stly; secondement or deuxièmement, 2ndly; troisièmement, 3rdly, etc.

Examples of the cardinal and ordinal numbers used with the

Une fois, once.
Deux fois, twice.

Trois fois, thrice.

Quatre fois, four times.
Cinq fois, five times.
Six fois, six times.

Sept fois, seven times.

word fois, time.

Huit fois, eight times.

Neuf fois, nine times.

Dix fois, etc., ten times, etc.

La première fois, the first time.
La seconde fois, etc., the second
time, etc.

79. The following ordinal numbers are also used, particularly in commercial language.

82. NOTE. The indefinite article a used in English before the word half, preceded by a numeral adjective, is not expressed in French before the word demi or demie; as, un million et demi, a million and a half; une livre et demie, a pound and a half.

83. Proportional Numbers.

NOTE. The higher numerals are named trillions, quatrillions, etc., as in English.

Examples: 256,329,876,533,875,421. Deux cent cinquante-six quatrillions, trois cent vingt-neuf trillions, huit cent soixante-seize billions, cing cent trente-trois millions, huit cent soixante-quinze mille, quatre cent vingt et un. TRANSLATION: Two hundred and fifty-six quatrillions, three hundred and twenty-nine trillions, eight hundred and seventy-six billions, five hundred and thirty-three millions, eight hundred and seventy-five thousand four hundred and twenty-one.

987,654,321,987,654,321. Neuf cent quatre-vingt-sept quatrillions, six cent cinquante-quatre trillions, trois cent vingt et un billions, neuf cent quatre-vingt-sept millions, six cent cinquante-quatre mille, trois cent vingt et un.

123,456,789,123,456,789. Cent vingt-trois quatrillions, quatre cent cinquante-six trillions, sept cent quatre-vingt-neuf billions, cent vingt-trois millions, quatre cent cinquante-six mille, sept cent quatre-vingt-neuf.

Read and write the following in French:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 300, 1000, 10,000, 100,000, 1,000,000, 10,000,000, 100,000,000.