Lessons about numbers in French are divided into various steps. If you feel like you know enough about the first 20 numbers, have a look at the next lessons about numbers:

Les chiffres de 0 à 9 – French numbers from 0 to 9

Ecoutons la prononciation des dix chiffres. Let’s listen to the pronunciation of the ten numerical digits.

The book Les 3 mousquetaires

🇫🇷 Les 3 mousquetaires est le plus célèbre des romans d’Alexandre Dumas, écrit au 19è siècle. Il a inspiré de nombreuses adaptations au cinéma, à la télévision et aussi en bande-dessinée.

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🇬🇧 The 3 Musketeers is the most famous of Alexandre Dumas’ novels, written in the 19th century. It has inspired numerous adaptations for film, television and also comic strips.

Les nombres de 10 à 20 – French numbers from 10 to 20

Continuons avec la prononciation des nombres de dix à vingt. Let’s continue with the pronunciation of the numbers from ten to twenty.

Prononciation des nombres suivis par un nom – Pronunciation of numbers in French when followed by a noun

Les liaisons – Liaisons

In some cases, “liaisons” (links between two words) have to be pronounced when the word following the number starts with a vowel. These “liaisons” are not specific to numbers. These links between words happen between many words.

So here, as an example, we will compare the pronunciation of French numbers followed by the word “professeur“ (starting with the consonant “p“) and numbers followed by the word “étudiant“ (starting with the vowel “é“). Professeur means teacher and étudiant means student.

Les cas des 6, 8 et 10 suivis par un mot commençant par une consonne – The cases of 6, 8 and 10 followed by a word beginning with a consonant

You will hear that when the French numbers six (6), huit (8), dix (10) and dix-huit (18) are followed by a word starting with a consonant (the word professeur in this previous example):

➡️ six won’t be pronounced [sis] but [si]
➡️ huit won’t be pronounced [wit] but [wi]
➡️ dix won’t be pronounced [dis] but [di]

Poster of the film 8 Femmes

🇫🇷 Huit Femmes est une pièce de théâtre policière de Robert Thomas créée en 1958. Elle est adaptée au cinéma plusieurs fois dont la version de François Ozon en 2002 (affiche du film ci-contre), rassemblant de très célèbres actrices françaises : Catherine Deneuve; Isabelle Huppert, Emmanuelle Béart, Fanny Ardant, Virginie Ledoyen et Ludivine Sagnier.
➜ Bande-annonce avec sous-titres en anglais

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🇬🇧 Huit Femmes is a detective play by Robert Thomas created in 1958. It has been adapted for the cinema several times, including François Ozon’s version in 2002 (film poster opposite), featuring some very famous French actresses: Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Emmanuelle Béart, Fanny Ardant, Virginie Ledoyen and Ludivine Sagnier.
➜ Trailer with English subtitles