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Numbers and verbs, explained
Short guides to the parts of a language that will not stick, each with something to practise at the end.
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How to say 80 in French, Belgian French and Swiss French
In France 80 is quatre-vingts, four twenties. Belgium and Switzerland keep septante for 70 and nonante for 90, and Switzerland also has huitante.
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Danish numbers from 50 to 99, explained
Danish counts the fifties to the nineties in twenties, and says the ones first. Here is the pattern, with the words Lexie drills.
Practice plan
French numbers from 70 to 100, by ear
Reading soixante-dix-sept is easy. Catching it in a phone number is the hard part. A short plan for training your ear.
Tense guide
Passé composé practice: four verbs to drill first
Être, avoir, faire and parler cover the pattern. Here are their forms and a way to drill them.
How-to
How to memorise French verb conjugations
A table is easy to read and hard to recall. Five habits that turn it into something you can say.
How-to
French homework in ten minutes: a routine for parents
Numbers and verbs are the part of French homework a parent can help with, even without speaking French.
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Next, say it to someone
Numbers and verbs are the warm-up. murmur lets you rehearse a real phone call in French, Spanish, German, Italian or Portuguese: book a table, call a doctor, ask for a refund. The other side answers back.
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