Why stop at 31?
Because that is a calendar: with 1–31 you can say any date of any month. Numbers to 100 arrive in Module 2 of the workbook series, where dates, prices and telling time need them.
Numbers 13–31
Thirteen through thirty-one — the range that unlocks every date on a calendar. French builds 17, 18 and 19 by stacking ten: dix-sept, dix-huit, dix-neuf; twenty-one adds "and": vingt et un. Say the patterns aloud and the system carries you past rote memory.
The words
| French | English | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| treize | 13 | trehz |
| quatorze | 14 | kah-TORZ |
| quinze | 15 | ka(n)z |
| seize | 16 | sehz |
| dix-sept | 17 | dee-SET |
| dix-huit | 18 | deez-WEET |
| dix-neuf | 19 | deez-NUHF |
| vingt | 20 | va(n) |
| vingt et un | 21 | va(n)-tay-UH(n) |
| vingt-deux22–29 follow this hyphen pattern | 22 | va(n)t-DUH |
| trente | 30 | trah(n)t |
| trente et un | 31 | trah(n)-tay-UH(n) |
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
Hear the words
Each word is read twice — say it back in the gap. Computer-generated voice; credits on the course page.
Do it now — on paper
- Count 13–31 aloud; then say only the ones with hyphens.
- Say today’s date-number and the birthdays of two people you know.
- Write 17, 19, 21 and 31 as words — the four that test the patterns.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The French Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
Keep these words
Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.
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