1-9: i'm fine with that 10-16: fine with that as well 17-19: that makes sense 20-69: i'm alright with that 70-79: what is going on??? 80-96 are you mad??? 97-99 four separate numbers just for one?!?!? 100 ok back to normal
I know why 80-89 is Quatre-Vingt -tres(example)because quatre=*4* vingt=*20* 20multiplied by 4=80✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️and then put the number that u need to put for an example quatre-vingt-quatre:))))))
50 = nice 60 = hey, this is easy. 70 = wait what? sixty ten? aaaalright... its weird but ill take it. 80 = What is this? I don't even... 90 = I'm done, I'm out of here.
Once upon a time, in a math class in France : Teacher : "Okay, students, what's 60 plus 10? Students : "Sixty-ten, Madame!" Teacher : "Great. Now, what's 20 times 4?" Students : "Four-twenties!" Teacher : "Parfait. Lastly, what's 4 times 20 plus 19?" Students : "Four-twenties ten nine, Madame!" Teacher : "Good job."
Thank you! It’s so strange for English speakers when at school learning the French numbers. We did 1 to 10, all good. Then 11 to 16, no problem. Then trouble and confusion starts at 17-19. What you suddenly have to say 10+7 = 17. Plain sailing from 20 to 69. Then things got confusing again. English equivalent of say 71 would be ‘Sixty and Eleven’. Then 81 would be ‘Four twenty’s and one’. Then 91 would ‘Four twenty’s and eleven’. I always wondered why the French don’t just have a single word for 70, 80 & 90! It’s all very interesting and good fun. It just means when I speak my limited French I have the do a mathematical calculation to remember how to say the 70,80,90’s numbers! Merci. 😁
Not if you know how it works, look when they say 70 they say:"Soixante-dix" well soixante is 60, and dix is 10, so 60+10=70. Thats how it works and after 10 comes 11, thats why it's "soixante-onze" etc. 80 is quatre-vingts well here we go again, quatre is 40 and vingt(s) is 20 so... 40x2(0)=80 and then you got 90 and that's "quatre-vingt-dix" that means 40x2(0)+10=90. then you go on counting the same way as 70. "quatre-vingt-dix" (90)- "Quatre-vingt-onze"(91). I hope you understand it more now... I tried my best X3
Hideyoshi Snugglemuffin well no shit, captain obvious, I'm just saying that they are using base-10 just fine for numbers below 70 and then they changed it for the ones above 70, they could just follow the Swiss' path
So, It's my 1st day learning french and I''m here for an assignment. While I was writing it on my notebook, I just felt like it was NEVER ending. That's it
I am a native English speaker, then learned Spanish in high school and finishing up college in the next year or two, I’m fluent. And because of this I have gained an appreciation for other languages and like looking at the etymology of words and where they come from, so having your video with 1 to 100 all spoken out like you have with your wonderful accent, is great. I love seeing the similarities and differences between the language is and how they’ve branched off over time. 😎
oh, the numbers in spanish are just delightful, i learned them till 100 with my bff on video call, it was really fun, especially me being native in a latin language and spanish being a latin language, it's pretty easy ngl.
@@codplayer8728 I completely agree. Sometimes I have wondered about becoming fluent in more languages. I would like to, and I have the rest of my life to do so. But I also do just enjoy dabbling in a couple different ones to compare and contrast with my English and Spanish. For right now, that’s enough, and I get to increase my enjoyment of learning in small degrees. I’ve got some Time to master Hebrew and Arabic. Lol
This is literally me. I'm currently trying to learn French, Portuguese, German and Italian. They all have something similar and it's fun when I find those things.
C'est tellement merveilleux ! Je suis un élève français de 7e année qui suit actuellement un apprentissage en ligne en raison de la quarantaine dans mon pays. Nous apprenons cet ensemble exact de nombres et mon professeur de français ne nous donne pas d'instructions, à l'exception de liens sur lesquels nous pouvons apprendre. Cela aide beaucoup. Merci!!! J'adore le rythme avec lequel vous utilisez Alexa. Cela semble si doux et si charmant. Cela m'aide à répéter avec vous et à me souvenir de tous les chiffres. Vos vidéos et mes activités kinesthésiques ajoutées pour l'auto-apprentissage m'aident. N'arrêtez jamais de télécharger des vidéos. J'ai appris le français de l'âge de 9 ans à 11 ans, dans le cadre de mes études. Des bases comme les nombres, les saisons, les mois, la grammaire de base, les formes masculines et féminines, les salutations et quelques descriptions de base de la France avec une prononciation pas si précise. Depuis, je ne l'ai pas pratiqué. 6 ans plus tard, j'ai désormais envie de réviser tout ça et d'aller encore plus loin. J'ai regardé cette vidéo. Il s'avère que je me souviens assez bien de ce que j'ai appris. Je veux devenir bon dans ce domaine. Je veux être capable de comprendre et de parler avec une bonne prononciation.
It’s because when you pronounced old french words fast, some letters were akward or too much complicate to pronounce So we just turn them into silent letters for make it more easy
1-10 Alright. 10-16 Uh-huh… 17-19 Alright then. 20 I get ya. 21 What? 22-69 Alright then 70-79 hahahahaha you must be kidding 80-89 AAAAAAAAAAAAA 90-99 WHAT WHAT WHAT
this is awesome, i love french language. I'm polish, i can speak english as well because I live in Ireland, I would love to learn french, its amazing language.
This is so wonderful! I am a 7th grade French student who at the moment, is taking online learning because of the quarantine in my country. We are learning this exact set of numbers and my French teacher isn't giving us instruction except for links for us to learn on. This helps a lot. Thank you!!!
this is an old joke but an english cat and a french cat are swimming across a river. the english cat’s name is one two three, and the french cat’s cat is un deux trois. who made it across the river first? the english cat because un deux trois quatre cinq
Tebbonue Noureddine the french cat sank in the river, because its name is un deux trois. in french, 4 is pronounced like “cat” and 5 is pronounced like “sank” so basically un deux trois CAT (4) SANK (5)
I will have to really work on 79 to 99! , got the basics of it.I find writing French hard as I have learned some french by listening to college professor whilst spending time at his house and going places. My professor was Mauritius and his mother language was French. My opinion written and spoken french is like two different languages. I will have to take the bull by the horns. Thank you for these lessons Alexa
Well done Alexa. This is the exact pronounciation our teacher is teaching. You are really an inspiration. Just keep on making videos. I am an Indian learning french. Great teaching.
It's a good video! My brother studied languages at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center in California. The pace of study was intense. Students had to master the language course in 36-64 weeks. Psychologically it was very difficult, but fortunately he was helped by Yuriy Ivantsiv's book "Polyglot Notes. Practical tips for learning foreign languages”. The book " Polyglot Notes" became a desk book for my brother, because it has answers to all the problems that any student of a foreign language has to face. Thanks to the author of the channel for this interesting video! Good luck to everyone who studies a foreign language and wants to realize their full potential!
In Swiss and Belgium, they say : “septante, huitante and neunante” instead of “soixante-dix”, “quatre-vingt”, “quatre-vingt-dix” and i think that’s more logical and less difficult for foreigners
its Switzerland and are you sure huitante is even a waord? I typed French to English and French box I typed huitante and the same thing appeared in the English box. I checked to see if there were other translations but there were none. Then I typed eighty in the English box and when I checked "more translations" and huitante wasn't there. Please make sure that you are not making this up.
You are the best French teacher i found after searching! You are so humorous, energetic and fun loving! Every student needs a teacher/mother like you! Merci beaucoup! 💖☺
I really like your lesson!! I am Japanese, and I'm currently learning French. I was looking for a learning material like this. Your English is very clear, and your French lesson by English was great even for Japanese learners like me. If you have a chance to come to Japan, let's have dinner!!! You provide this great French lesson. I'll buy you dinner!! Anyway, thanks!!
@@elisewatkins6153 true but that isn't going to make the pause longer between the next number and it will distort the real pronunciation. I have the same trouble, hopefully I will get fast enough to keep up one day.
alexa, my problem is when you speak you speak slowly but when i listen to french movies or news channel its extremely hard. so, i suggest speak normally from one time to another to test myself. merci
Hi Alexa. I love watching your videos. They make learning French so much easier. One question though, when counting in the 80's do we pronounce the 'n' in vingt in quatre-vingt?
I love the rhythm that you are using Alexa. Sounds so soft and lovely. It helps me to repeat with you and remember all the numbers. Love from Turkey ! :D
explained the best way possible!! waaayyyyy better than my French teacher WHO LITERALLY ONLY talks in french WITHOUT even explaining A SINGLR WORD and we come out of class not understanding a word she said 😐
I was bracing myself the entire video because I had heard french numbers were insane, but I was not expecting quatre-vingt-dix-sept. 10/10 suspense with a great climax
Gaulish counted 20 by 20. French have try to change number.but People continued to say 4x20 . So actuelly french number in half gaulish and décimal. Welsh cornish breton use old gaulish system. 38 is 20+18
The French were like “Soixante-Six” what comes next???!!! “Soixante-sept??!” “Non Idiot, I got it…Soixante-dix-sept” “but wouldn’t that make it 70107?” “NON IDIOT YOU MULTIPLE THE 10 and 7 then add another 7. Mon Diue” “wouldn’t it be easier to just stick with the pattern and call it Soixante-huit??” “Qui but we are French nothing is ever simple with us, now what are we gonna call after Soicant-dix-neuf??” “Oh Mon Dieu”🤦♂️🤦♂️
DEAR Alexa 248 thanks for your French numbers 1 to 100. Simple and sweet way you occupied our mind to think and learn. These 248 seconds are very precious and dedicated to you.
This video is amazing 😉 it’s incredible, 1-100 in french it’s just what I needed! Thank you Alexa 😊 PD: I know I’m 3 years later but well... who’s watching this at 2019 or 2020 😂
it's like that because of the base sixty counting system requiring only the numbers 1-60 for clocks and such but as number theory advanced they needed new larger numbers hence these wierd ones
10: nice 20: good 30: okay 40: wow! 50: thumbs up! 60: :-) 70: what?! Sixty-ten? I'll take it 80: four-twenty? Weirrrd... 90: four-twenty-ten? I'm done, I'm out from here!!! You're the best french teaching person ever!!
YES!!!! Every morning I play this and count along saying it before you and this morning I did it all the way through without making a mistake!!!! Well chuffed with myself 😁 Thank you
French is a latin anguage , in all latin languages if i m not wrong there is an "and" like twenty -and- one. It's just how the latin homies wanted numbers to be like, but i kinda understand your point. :)
omg im a beginner started a fwe days ago ...just realized that just by counting it shows some undertsanding of the french language and how its build.. so interesting...btw thanks for the video
I learned French from when I was 9 till I turned 11, as a part of academics. Basics like numbers, seasons, months, basic grammar, masculine and feminine forms, salutations, some basic description about France with not-so-accurate pronunciation. I haven't practiced it since then. 6 years later, now I want to revise all that and move even further. I watched this video. Turns out, I remember pretty well of what I learned. I want to get good at this. I want to be able to understand and speak with good pronunciation. Can I do it in one month considering the fact that I have the basics almost ready?
Hey Satvika ! I can't tell you how long it can take. Everyone is different ! But if you really want to learn more quickly you should consider suscribing to my website www.learnfrenchwithalexa.com !
I learned how to count to 12 when I did French at school many years ago and then I randomly decided I wanted to learn how to count to 100 so I started teaching myself and I can now count to 70 but then after that it starts to get complicated. 😂😂 This is the most I can count to in any other language. I can only count to 10 in Spanish & Bengali and I can only count to 5 in German. I'm trying 😂
Spanish counting isn’t hard… it should only take u max 1-2 hour to understand Spanish 1-100 French isn’t hard either when u just think of the numbers after 80 as quatre vingt = 4*20 = 80 and that’s all u have to memorize… and just add 1-20 after that. It really isn’t that hard. It does take time getting used to though as French’s system is weird as hell for their last numbers
Ik ik it's stupid and I agree 60 =Soixante(sixty) 70=Soixante dix, (means 60 +10=70) 80=Quatre Vingt (means four twenties (20+20+20+20=80)) 90=Quatre Vingt dix(means four twenties plus ten(20+20+20+20+10=90)
