Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Verbs: 1
- Chapter 2 Verbs: 2
- Chapter 3 Tabular treament of verbs
- Chapter 4 Verb list
- Chapter 5 Nouns and adjectives
- Chapter 6 Pronouns
- Chapter 7 Determiners
- Chapter 8 Prepositions
- Chapter 9 Adverbs and adverbial expressions
- Chapter 10 Negation
- Chapter 11 Numerals
- Chapter 12 Sentences and clauses
- Key to exercises
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 11 - Numerals
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Verbs: 1
- Chapter 2 Verbs: 2
- Chapter 3 Tabular treament of verbs
- Chapter 4 Verb list
- Chapter 5 Nouns and adjectives
- Chapter 6 Pronouns
- Chapter 7 Determiners
- Chapter 8 Prepositions
- Chapter 9 Adverbs and adverbial expressions
- Chapter 10 Negation
- Chapter 11 Numerals
- Chapter 12 Sentences and clauses
- Key to exercises
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Cardinal numbers and ordinal numbers
Cardinal numbers denote quantity
un, deux, trois, quatre
Ordinal numbers denote a position in a sequence
premier, deuxième, troisième, quatrième
Cardinal numbers
zéro, un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf, dix
zéro = zero, nil, nought, love
Le numéro de téléphone est 02 38 46 89 89 (zéro deux trente-huit …) = the telephone number is 02 38 46 89 89 (zero two, thirty-eight …)
Elle enseigne les enfants de zéro à quatre ans = she teaches kids from nought to six years old
Le prof était furieux – nous avons tous eu zéro dans la dictée = the teacher was furious – we all got nought in the dictation
La France a battu le Danemark trois buts à zéro = France beat Denmark 3 nil
Elle a remporté le premier set 6–0 (six–zéro) = she won the first set 6 love
un (m), une (f)
These numerals vary for gender according to the noun they qualify –
J'ai un frère et une soeur = I've got one brother and one sister
Il est une heure = it's one o'clock
Je n'ai qu'un vrai ami = I've only got one real friend
Masculine un is also used in the following contexts –
C'est à la page un = it's on page one
Elle est le numéro un de l'opposition = she's the number one of the opposition
Il portait le numéro un = he was wearing the number one shirt
Feminine une is also used in the following context –
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- A Student Grammar of French , pp. 326 - 338Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2006