Fractions Flashcards

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a half

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un demi, une demie

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2
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a third

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un tiers

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3
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a fourth

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un quart

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4
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a fifth

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un cinquième

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5
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a sixth

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un sixième

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6
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a seventh

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un septième

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7
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an eighth

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un huitième

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8
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a ninth

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un neuvième

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9
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a tenth

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un dixième

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10
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an eleventh

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un onzième

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11
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a twelfth

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un douzième

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12
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CREATING FRACTIONS

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cardinal add -ième

Other than demi, tiers, and quart, all French fractions are based on their corresponding cardinal numbers:

six un sixième
vingt et un un vingt et unième
cent un centième
When the cardinal number ends in -e, that letter is dropped before the fraction ending:

cardinal drop -e add -ième
onze onz un onzième
cinquante cinquant un cinquantième

Two other numbers require minor spelling corrections in their fractions:

cardinal correction add -ième
cinq cinqu un cinquième
neuf neuv un neuvième
Of course, those corrections are also required in un dix-neuvième, un vingt-cinquième, etc.

Demi can be feminine when used as a noun or when it follows a noun.
J’ai acheté une bouteille et lui, une demie. I bought a bottle and he bought a half (bottle).
une heure et demie an hour and a half, one and half hours
But when demi precedes a noun, it always stays in the masculine form.

une demi-bouteille a half-bottle
une demi-heure a half-hour
All other French fractions are always masculine and must be preceded by a number.

3/4 trois quarts
2/5 deux cinquièmes
9/10 neuf dixièmes
And if they’re followed by a noun, the preposition de is needed as a go-between.

3/4 of the students trois quarts des étudiants
2/5 of the book deux cinquièmes du livre
9/10 of our revenue neuf dixièmes de nos revenus

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ABBREVIATIONS

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Fractions and ordinal numbers are abbreviated differently. The fraction un cinquième can only be abbreviated 1/5, whereas the ordinal cinquième (the fifth in a series) is shortened to 5e.

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