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Learn French Numbers Quickly And Easily - First Lesson!

Author: Franck Silvestre If you are planning to learn the French language, you absolutely need to Learn French numbers. There is no way to avoid it.

Before we start, you need to know the two kinds of numbers. Obviously, you already know (from your English classes...) them.  We will review the cardinal numbers, and then, ordinal numbers.

1 - Cardinal Numbers

Learning the cardinal numbers is really easy. All that you need to do is to take the time to grab the right accent, and then, memorize them. Let's start... I am going to give you the French/English translation from 1 to 10 first:

One = un
Two = Deux
Three = Trois
Four = Quatre
Five = Cinq
Six = Six
Seven = Sept
Eight = Huit
Nine = Neuf
Ten = Dix

Now, you know the French/English translation (the easiest part...), and to pronounce each of these numbers properly, you need to do one of the following:

1) Ask to a French Native Speaker. http://www.learnfrenchexpert.com/
2) Learn French Online.
3) Attend a French Class in your Area.

Obviously, the best option is to learn online, and, happily, there are many website with audio files. Just be sure that the one who speak is a real native speaker... From Paris! There are hundreds of website and blogs to help you, like this one: Learn French Free Let's contine with ordinal numbers now... 

2 - Ordinal Numbers

It's a little bit more complicated, but easier than English ordinal numbers, because you are going to find the root of the word:

First = Premier
Second = Deuxiéme
Third = Troisiéme
Fourth = Quatriéme
Fifth = Cinquiéme
Sixth = Sixiéme
Seventh = Septiéme
Eighth = Huitiéme
Ninth = Neuviéme
Tenth = Dixiéme

As you can see, we keep the root (French = racine) of the number and we add the suffix "iéme", (except for "Premier"). For the pronunciation, visit http://www.learnfrenchexpert.com to get the right accent!

About the author: Franck Silvestre is a French native speaker, teacher, and web master of Learn To Speak French.  He also likes to review different Learn French softwares and tools.

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