| Welcome to Fun &Easy French by FrenchPod101.com! |
| Do you know what a gogol is? |
| Stay tuned to find out! |
| Salut, je suis Lya. |
| Hi everyone! I’m Lya. |
| In this lesson, you’ll learn about French numbers, and how to count. |
| In every language, learning the names of numbers and how to use them in different situations is very important. |
| Numbers and their functionality are an integral part of every society to make things run smoothly. |
| We use it, for instance, to indicate quantities, time, dates - the list goes on! |
| In this video you'll learn how to count up to 1000 and beyond also how to operate with phone numbers, and prices. |
| First is counting up to 1000 and beyond. |
| Once you know how to count up to 100, you know how to count up to 999. Here’s how: |
| Deux-cent |
| “Two-hundred” |
| [SLOW] Deux-cent |
| Deux-cent |
| Trois-cent |
| “Three-hundred” |
| [SLOW] Trois-cent |
| Trois-cent |
| And it follows this scheme up until |
| Neuf-cent |
| “Nine-hundred” |
| [SLOW] Neuf-cent |
| Neuf-cent |
| Then, you can easily assemble big numbers by just combining what you already know: |
| Deux-cent-sept |
| "Two-hundred-seven" |
| [SLOW] Deux-cent-sept |
| Deux-cent-sept |
| Cinq-cent-cinquante-six |
| "Five-hundred-fifty-six" |
| [SLOW] Cinq-cent-cinquante-six |
| Cinq-cent-cinquante-six |
| Neuf-cent-quatre-vingt-trois |
| "Nine-hundred-eighty-three" |
| [SLOW] Neuf-cent-quatre-vingt-trois |
| Neuf-cent-quatre-vingt-trois |
| Now, I promised you “infinity and beyond,” so let’s reach the stars with some enormous numbers! |
| In French, One thousand is “Mille” |
| Thousand |
| "Mille" |
| [SLOW] Thousand |
| Thousand |
| For ten and one hundred thousand, we add “ten” or one hundred” respectively: |
| Ten Thousand |
| "Dix-mille" |
| [SLOW] Ten Thousand |
| Ten Thousand |
| Hundred Thousand |
| "Cent-mille" |
| [SLOW] Hundred Thousand |
| Hundred Thousand |
| After this, we have the word for million, which is “million” |
| million |
| "million" |
| [SLOW] million |
| million |
| However the English “billion” in French is “milliard” |
| milliard |
| "billion" |
| [SLOW] milliard |
| milliard |
| And “trillion” in french is “billion,” which can be a bit confusing. |
| billion |
| "trillion" |
| [SLOW] billion |
| billion |
| And finally the very large number “gogol” [10100], which is ten to the power of 100, is simply |
| “Un gogol” |
| How do they combine? Just like every other number! |
| Deux-mille-dix-neuf |
| "Two thousand-nineteen" |
| [SLOW] Deux-mille-dix-neuf |
| Deux-mille-dix-neuf |
| [1,286,347] |
| Un million |
| deux-cent-quatre-vingt-six-mille |
| trois-cent-quarante-sept |
| "One-million |
| Two-hundred-eighty-six-thousand |
| three-hundred-forty-seven" |
| [SLOW] |
| Un million |
| deux-cent-quatre-vingt-six-mille |
| trois-cent-quarante-sept |
| Un million |
| deux-cent-quatre-vingt-six-mille |
| trois-cent-quarante-sept |
| Next, let’s talk about ages. |
| Here’s how to ask someone their age: |
| Casually you can ask: |
| Tu as quel âge ? |
| "How old are you?" |
| [SLOW] Tu as quel âge ? |
| Tu as quel âge ? |
| A more formal way to ask this would be: |
| Quel âge avez-vous ? |
| "How old are you?" |
| [SLOW] Quel âge avez-vous ? |
| Quel âge avez-vous ? |
| There’s nothing tricky about how to answer: |
| J’ai 20 ans. |
| "I’m 20 years old." |
| [SLOW] J’ai 20 ans. |
| J’ai 20 ans. |
| This literally means: “I have 20 years.” |
| Just be careful. The French are a bit demanding about politeness, and it’s generally considered rude to ask a woman her age! |
| Next, let’s take a look at how the French use phone numbers. |
| 10-digit French phone numbers are usually given in five groups. |
| For instance: 03 27 42 24 06. |
| In any group starting with zéro (0), the zéro is pronounced. |
| For example, the number above would be: |
| Zéro-trois, vingt-sept, quarante-deux, vingt-quatre, zéro-six. |
| A: Peux-tu me donner ton numéro de téléphone s’il-te-plaît ? Je t’appellerais. |
| B: Bien sûr ! C’est le 06 81 15 67 03 |
| A: Please, could you give me your phone number ? I’ll call you. |
| B: Sure! It’s 06 81 15 67 03 |
| With all these big numbers, you’re ready for any kind of shopping in France, even if you want to buy a brand new Airbus. So, let’s see how to deal with prices with some examples. |
| Let’s say you’re in a shop, wondering about the price of a Playstation: |
| Combien ça coûte ? |
| "How much is it?" |
| [SLOW] Combien ça coûte ? |
| Combien ça coûte ? |
| Combien coûte cette Playstation ? |
| "How much is this Playstation?" |
| [SLOW] Combien coûte cette Playstation ? |
| Combien coûte cette Playstation ? |
| Quel est le prix de cette Playstation ? |
| "What’s the price of this Playstation?" |
| [SLOW] Quel est le prix de cette Playstation ? |
| Quel est le prix de cette Playstation ? |
| The most common answers would be: |
| La Playstation est à 300€. (“The Playstation is 300€.”) |
| Elle coûte 300€ (“It costs 300€.”) |
| In this last example, the sentence starts with Elle because Playstation is feminine in French, but you can also use the neutral form and say: |
| Ça coûte 300€. |
| In this lesson you learned how to count up to 1000 and beyond and how to operate with phone numbers, and prices. |
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| That’s it for today! See you next time! |
| A la prochaine! |
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