Numbers, Clock time, Months, Seasons and Dates Flashcards
When does un
becomes une
?
- before feminine noun - une femme, vingt et une maisons
- except when feminie noun precedes noun the noun - à la page un, l’année deux mille un
1 000 000 000 000
un billion
1 000 000 000
un milliard
1 000 000
un million
When does cent
get an s
in the plural?
Always (deux cents, trois cents voitures, cinq cents millions)
except:
- if a number (other thatn million, milliard or billion) follows
cinq cent_douze
- in dates
en dix-huit cent (in the year 1800)
- if a multiple of cent follows the noun it describes
[l’an 600 (six cent), la salle huit cent]
When does mille
have s
in the plural?
Never
trois mille, dix mille dollars, cinq mille deux
Are cent
and mille
preceded by un
?
Never
cent - one hundred; mille - one thousand
What are 3 principles of using million
and milliard
in plural, preceding them by un
and taking de
before the following noun?
Million
and milliard
:
- gets s
in the plural (trois millions d’habitants; deux milliards de dollards)
- this plural s
remains, even if another number follows
(2 000 340 - deux millions trois cent quarante)
- are preceded by un
(like in english)
(un million, un milliard)
- take de
before the following noun (un million de dollars, un milliard d’habitants)
When does quatre-vingts
loses its s
?
-when another number follows (quatre-vingt-trois)
-if it follows the noun it describes
(dans les années quatre-vingt, page quatre-vingt)
21, 31, 41, 51, 61, 71
vingt et un trente et un quarante et un cinquante et un soixante et un soixante et onze
81
quatre-vingt-un
91
quatre-vingt-onze
101, 310
cent un , trois cent dix (between thousands and ten are hyphens)
2300, 1001
deux mille trois cents
mille un
(between thousands and hundreds are hyphens)
1856
mille huit cent cinquante-six, dix-huit cent cinquante-six
1996
mille neuf cent quatre-vingt-seize, dix-neuf cent quatre-vingt-seize
in nineteen forty-four
en mille neuf cent quarante-quatre
in French, one cannot omit the word hundred
in a date, as one does in English
70, 80, 90 (in Belgium)
septante, octante, nonante
3,50
0,50
trois virgule cinquante
zéro virgule cinquante
the third of April
le trois avril (cardinal numbers are used in dates, except for the first)
the first of March
le premier mars (cardinal numbers are used in dates, except for the first)
Louis XIV - Louis the fourteen
Louis Quatorze (cardinal numbers are used to designate rulers, except for the first)
Napoleon the First
Napoléon Premier (cardinal numbers are used to designate rulers, except for the first)
the last two numbers
the next ten days
the other three students
les deux derniéres années
les dix prochains jours
les trois autres éléves
(cardenal numbers precede the adjective)