Notes le 9 mai Les nombres au-delà de 100 (Numbers beyond 100) 100 – cent 400 – quatre cents 1.000 – mille 101 – cent un 500 – cinq cents 2.000 – deux mille 150 – cent cinquante 600 – six cents 10.000 – dix mille 200 – deux cents 700 – sept cents 100.000 – cent mille 210 – deux cent dix 800 – huit cents 600.100 – six cent mille cent 300 – trois cents 900 – neuf cents 1.000.000 – un million 2.000.000 – deux millions 1.000.000.000 – un milliard
French uses periods rather than commas to indicate thousands and millions. 1.234 = mille deux cent trente-quatre 5.545.160 = cinq millions cinq cent quarante-cinq mille cent soixante
The word cent does not take an –s when followed by a number. 300 – trois cents 320 – trois cent vingt
Mille never takes an –s. 1.000 – mille 2.000 – deux mille
Before a noun, million(s) is followed by de/d’. Il y a sept millions d’habitants dans l’État de Washington. There are seven million inhabitants in Washington State. J’ai gagné un million de dollars! I won one million dollars!
There are two ways to express years prior to the year 2000. 1776 – mil sept cent soixante-seize or dix-sept cent soixante-seize 1964 – mil neuf cent soixante-quatre or dix-neuf cent soixante-quatre Mille is often shortened to mil when expressing years.
There are formal and informal expressions related to math. 240 + 360 = 600 Informal deux cent quarante et trois cent soixante font six cents Formal deux cent quarante plus trois cent soixante égale six cents