17/ Cardinal and ordinal numbers.

01 Cardinal numbers.

Cardinal numbers allow us to count. We have :

Points to emphasize about cardinal numbers:

As you can see , in French, we put "et" (and) to say twenty-one... but starting from twenty-two, we put a hyphen.

Les dizaines et les unités
In French, cardinal numbers are read as they are written.

105: cent cinq

120: cent vingt

199: cent quatre-vingt dix-neuf

905: neuf cent cinq

1,005: mille cinq

1,099: mille quatre-vingt dix-neuf

1,100: mille cent

1,105: mille cent cinq

2,024: deux mille vingt-quatre

250,325: deux cent cinquante mille vingt-cinq

732,252,612: sept cent trente-deux million deux cent cinquante-deux mille six cent douze

01 Ordinal numbers.

Ordinal numbers allow us to rank from first to last.

Points to emphasize about ordinal numbers:

Formation
In general , ordinal numbers are formed with the suffix "ème". Except for the first "er".
Also, when the first is a woman, in Frénch, we say première and in digit, we write : "ère" as in 1^ère.
Exemple :
je suis le premier (1^er ) de ma classe : I am the first (1^st ) of my class.
elle est la première (1^ère ) de sa classe : she is the first (1^st ) of her class.
tu es le sixième (6^ème ) de la classe : you are the sixth (6^th ) of the class.

Formation of the date : In French, we start with the day, month then the year
Lundi 05 Février 2024 : Monday February 05^th 2024.