Learn how to use French cardinal numbers like cent, mille, and million correctly. Understand their pluralization rules and practical usage in sentences to improve your French counting skills and numerical expressions.
- Cent takes an "s" in the plural unless it is followed by another number.
- Mille is always invariable: never an "s".
- Million takes an "s" in the plural: deux millions.
| Nombre (Number) | Singulier (Singular) |
|---|---|
| 100 | Cent (One hundred) |
| 200 | Deux cents (Two hundred) |
| 201 | Deux cent un (Two hundred and one) |
| 1 000 | Mille (Thousand) |
| 2 000 | Deux mille (Two thousand) |
| 1 000 000 | Un million (One million) |
| 2 000 000 | Deux millions (Two million) |
| 1 000 000 000 | Un milliard (One billion) |
| 2 000 000 000 | Deux milliards (Two billion) |
Exercise 1: Chiffres cardinaux, nombres cardinaux: "Cent, Mille, Million"
Instruction: Fill in the correct word.
millions, cent, cent un, mille, million
1.
101:
Je veux ... euros.
(I want one hundred and one euros.)
2.
1 000:
Je dois écrire tous les nombres jusqu'à ....
(I have to write all the numbers up to a thousand.)
3.
100:
Il doit compter jusqu'à ....
(He has to count up to one hundred.)
4.
1 000:
Nous avons besoin de ... Français.
(We need a thousand French people.)
5.
10 000:
Ils vivent dans une ville de dix ... habitants.
(They live in a town of ten thousand inhabitants.)
6.
100:
Il y a ... habitants dans la ville.
(There are one hundred inhabitants in the town.)
7.
1 000 000:
Nous avons ... d'euros.
(We have a million euros.)
8.
4 000 000:
Elle a quatre ... d'euros par an.
(She has four million euros per year.)
Exercise 2: Multiple Choice
Instruction: Choose the correct solution
1. J'ai compté ____ pommes dans le panier.
(I counted ____ apples in the basket.)2. Il y a ____ élèves dans cette classe.
(There are ____ students in this class.)3. Nous avons ____ euros pour acheter les matériaux.
(We have ____ euros to buy the materials.)4. Elle a gagné ____ d'euros à la loterie.
(She won ____ euros in the lottery.)5. ____ personnes ont répondu à l'invitation.
(____ people responded to the invitation.)6. Il y a ____ étudiants dans cette université.
(There are ____ students in this university.)
