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Bigger numbers in French
At Café des Tilleuls, Odile reads numbers from bills while Sam tries to follow. The amounts climb quickly, and eighty euros sounds like four twenties.
Learn prices from fifteen euros to a thousand, including the tricky French tens.
Notice the written s in quatre-vingts, but not in quatre-vingt-dix. Then hear an amount and catch what the bill says.
By the end of this lesson
Say numbers from eleven to a thousand and understand a bill read aloud.
- Ça fait quinze euros.That comes to fifteen euros.
- Soixante-dix euros.Seventy euros.
- Quatre-vingts euros.Eighty euros.
- Quatre-vingt-dix euros.Ninety euros.
- Cent euros.A hundred euros.
- Mille euros.A thousand euros.
Scene — the total climbs
At Café des Tilleuls, Odile sorts receipts beside the counter. Sam waits while she checks today's bill.
Gaspard sits at the next table, beside the reserved window table. His café crème is still unfinished.
Learn — numbers on the bill
Six useful lines cover a bill total and amounts from fifteen euros to a thousand.
The tricky spellings are easy to mix up: quatre-vingts has an s, while quatre-vingt-dix does not.
Ça fait quinze euros.
That comes to fifteen euros.
When to use it: Say this to give someone a total of fifteen euros.
Learn the whole phrase as one piece for giving a total.
Soixante-dix euros.
Seventy euros.
When to use it: Say this amount when you hear or give a price of seventy euros.
Learn this number and euros together as one piece.
Say it: The final t in soixante is heard before dix.
Quatre-vingts euros.
Eighty euros.
When to use it: Say this amount when the price is eighty euros.
Learn the whole number phrase as one piece.
Say it: The s in vingts links as a z into euros.
Quatre-vingt-dix euros.
Ninety euros.
When to use it: Say this amount when the price is ninety euros.
Learn the whole number phrase as one piece.
Say it: The t in vingt is silent before dix, and its vowel is nasal.
Cent euros.
A hundred euros.
When to use it: Say this amount when the price is one hundred euros.
Learn the whole number phrase as one piece.
Say it: The final t in cent links to euros as a t sound.
Mille euros.
A thousand euros.
When to use it: Say this amount when the price is one thousand euros.
Learn the whole number phrase as one piece.
Story — four twenties
Odile reads figures from several receipts, then the bill in front of Sam. He hears eighty euros and tries to picture four twenties.
Gaspard looks pleased with the system. The window table stays empty, and his café crème remains unfinished.
- Sam waits at the counter. Odile has his bill and a stack of receipts.
SamÇa fait combien ?How much does that come to?
OdileÇa fait quinze euros.That comes to fifteen euros.- OdileSoixante-dix euros.Seventy euros.
- OdileQuatre-vingt-dix euros.Ninety euros.
- OdileCent euros.A hundred euros.
- OdileMille euros.A thousand euros.
- The bill in front of Sam comes to eighty euros. Sam hears four twenties and looks at Gaspard.
- OdileQuatre-vingts euros.Eighty euros.
GaspardQuatre-vingts euros.Eighty euros.
Practice — read the amounts
Try ten short rounds with the amounts. Listen for the number, choose the meaning, fill a gap, and build a bill total.
You will also practice answering a question about a price.
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What does it mean?
What does it mean?
Soixante-dix euros.
Fill the gap
Fill the gap
Eighty euros.
Quatre-____ euros.
Build the line
Build the line
That comes to fifteen euros.
.
Tap the words in order.
What do you say?
What do you say?
Say the French amount for ninety euros.
What did you hear?
What did you hear?
Swap the word
Swap the word
Read the supplier invoice amount: one thousand euros.
____ euros.
What do you say?
What do you say?
Ask Odile what the total comes to.
Pick the reply
Odile says:
Pick the reply
Ça fait deux euros cinquante. C'est combien ?
That comes to two euros fifty. How much is it?
And you reply with:
True or false?
True or false?
This line means one hundred euros.
Match the pairs
French
Soixante-dix euros.Drop the English hereQuatre-vingts euros.Drop the English hereQuatre-vingt-dix euros.Drop the English hereEnglish
Say it — say the numbers
Now take Sam's place at the counter. Odile reads each amount, and you repeat it back to her.
When it's your turn, tap the microphone and speak the line. Tap ▶ first if you want to hear it. Your recording stays on your device.
- OdileÇa fait quinze euros.That comes to fifteen euros.
- Sam (you)Repeat the total of fifteen euros.
Repeat the total of fifteen euros.
Ça fait quinze euros.
That comes to fifteen euros.
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Recap — what you can say now
| French | English | Play |
|---|---|---|
| Ça fait quinze euros. | That comes to fifteen euros. | |
| Soixante-dix euros. | Seventy euros. | |
| Quatre-vingts euros. | Eighty euros. | |
| Quatre-vingt-dix euros. | Ninety euros. | |
| Cent euros. | A hundred euros. | |
| Mille euros. | A thousand euros. |
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