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Appendices
Dates, Time, and Numbers
Exercises
E-F dictionary
F-E dictionary
French authors
Hints and Common Errors
French History
Nations of the World
Phrasebook
Pronunciation Index
Slang
Vocabulary Index
Typing Characters
Verb Dictionary
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Contents 1 Les jours de la semaine 2 Les mois de l'année 3 Les saisons 4 Les nombres (adjectifs numéraux cardinaux et ordinaux) 5 L'heure

[edit] Les jours de la semaine

• The days of the week. [lay jzoor duh lah suhmen]

French Vocabulary • Dates, time, and numbers • audio (info •420 kb • help) The Days of the Week. Les jours de la semaine.
#	French	Pronunciation	English	Origin
1	lundi	luhndee	Monday	Moon
2	mardi	mahrdee	Tuesday	Mars
3	mercredi	maircruhdee	Wednesday	Mercury
4	jeudi	juhdee	Thursday	Jupiter
5	vendredi	vahndruhdee	Friday	Venus
6	samedi	sahmdee	Saturday	Saturn
7	dimanche	deemahnsh	Sunday	Sun

• The days of the week are not capitalized in French.
• For phrases relating to the day of the week, see the phrasebook.

[edit] Les mois de l'année

• The months of the year. [lay mwah duh lahnay]

French Vocabulary • Dates, time, and numbers • audio (info •561 kb • help) The Months of the Year Les mois de l'année
#	French	Pron.	English
01	janvier	jzahnveeyay	January
02	février	fayvreeyay	February
03	mars	mahrse	March
04	avril	ahvrill	April
05	mai	maye	May
06	juin	jzwan	June
07	juillet	jzooeeyay	July
08	août	oot/oo	August
09	septembre	septahmbruh	September
10	octobre	oktuhbruh	October
11	novembre	novahmbruh	November
12	décembre	daysahmbruh	December

• The months of the year are not capitalized in French.
• For phrases relating to the months of the year, see the phrasebook

[edit] Les saisons

French Vocabulary • Dates, time, and numbers • audio (info •142 kb • help) Seasons Les Saisons
la saison	season
le printemps	Spring
l'été (m)	Summer
l'automne (m)	Autumn
l'hiver (m)	Winter

[edit] Les nombres (adjectifs numéraux cardinaux et ordinaux)

French Vocabulary • Dates, time, and numbers • audio (info •337 kb • help) Numbers Les nombres
Cardinal Numbers 001-019				Ordinal Numbers 001-010					Cardinal Numbers 020 - 069
#	French	Pron.	English	#	French	Pronunciation	Abbr.	English	#	French	Pronunciation	English
000	zéro	zairo	zero						020	vingt	vahn	twenty
001	un	uhn	one	1st	premier(ère)	prem me ay (air)	1er	first	021	vingt et un	vahntay uhn	twenty-one
002	deux	deuh	two	2nd	deuxième	deuhzee ehm	2ième	second	Numbers twenty-two to twenty-nine are configured in the form of vingt-[02-09]. For example twenty-two is vingt-deux.
003	trois	trwah	three	3rd	troisième	trawhzee ehm	3ième	third
004	quatre	catr	four	4th	quatrième	catree ehm	4ième	fourth	030	trente	trahnt	thirty
005	cinq	sank	five	5th	cinquième	sankee ehm	5ième	fifth	031	trente et un	trahntay uhn	thirty-one
006	six	seese	six	6th	sixième	seesee ehm	6ième	sixth	Numbers thrity-two to thirty-nine are configured in the form of trente-[02-09]. For example thrity-three is trente-trois.
007	sept	set	seven	7th	septième	setee ehm	7ième	seventh
008	huit	weet	eight	8th	huitième	weetee ehm	8ième	eighth	040	quarante	cahrahnt	forty
009	neuf	neuhf	nine	9th	neuvième	neuhvee ehm	9ième	ninth	041	quarante et un	cahrahntay uhn	forty-one
010	dix	deese	ten	10th	dixième	deezee ehm	10ième	tenth	Numbers forty-two to forty-nine are configured in the form of quarante-[02-09]. For example forty-four is quarante-quatre.
011	onze	ohn	eleven
012	douze	dooz	tweleve						050	cinquante	sankaunte	fifty
013	treize	trehz	thirteen						051	cinquante et un	sankauntay uhn	fifty-one
014	quatorze	catorz	fourteen						Numbers fifty-two to fifty-nine are configured in the form of cinquante-[02-09]. For example fifty-five is cinquante-cinq.
015	quinze	canz	fifteen
016	seize	sehz	sixteen						060	soixante	swahsahnt	sixty
017	dix-sept	deeset	seventeen						061	soixante et un	swahsahntay uhn	sixty-one
018	dix-huit	deezweet	eighteen						Numbers sixty-two to sixty-nine are configured in the form of soixante-[02-09]. For example sixty-six is soixante-six.
019	dix-neuf	deeznuf	nineteen

• This pattern changes slightly after the sixties:
  • Numbers seventy to seventy-nine are configured in the form of soixante-[10-19]. For example seventy is soixante-dix (60-10), seventy-three is soixante-treize (60-13), and seventy-seven is soixante-dix-sept (60-10-7).
  • Number eighty is configured in the form of quatre-vingts (4 - 20's) || catr vahn || eighty
  • Numbers eighty-one to ninty-nine are configured in the form of quatre-vingt-[01-19]. For example eighty-one is quatre-vingt-un (4*20-one), ninty is quatre-vingt-dix (4*20-10), and ninty-four is quatre-vingt-quatorze(4*20-14).

• une dizaine (one ten)
• une douzaine (one dozen)

cent	100	une centaine (one hundred)
[deux - neuf] cents	200-900
mille	1.000	un millier (one thousand)
(un) million	1.000.000
(un) milliard	1.000.000.000

• For 70-79, it builds upon "soixante" but past that it builds upon a combination of terms for 80-99
• Only the first (21,31,41,51,etc) have "et un"; but past this it is simply both words consecutively (vingt-six, trente-trois, etc)
• For 100-199, it looks much like this list already save that "cent" is added before the rest of the number; this continues up to 1000 and onward.

[edit] L'heure

• Time.

French Vocabulary • Dates, time, and numbers • audio (upload) The Time L'heure
#	French	Pron.	English
01	l'heure (f)	?	time, (one) hour, o'clock
02	une demi-heure	?	half-hour (half an hour)
03	le matin	?	morning
05	le midi	?	noon
06	l'après-midi (m)	?	afternoon
07	le soir	?	night
08	le minuit	?	midnight
09	la journée	?	daytime

• Use heure in between the hour and the minutes when telling the time, e.g., Il est cinq heures dix
• Note that there is no "a.m." or "p.m." in French. Use du matin, de l'après midi, and du soir to disambiguate a given time. "Il est sept heures du soir" makes it clear that it is 7 o'clock at night, and not in the morning. Alternatively, you could use the 24-hour system: "Il est dix-neuf heures" has no ambiguity; time is often expressed in this fashion, particularly in professional/commercial settings.
• Midi and minuit can be used without an article when telling the time: "Il est midi." (It is noon.)

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