Why are French numbers from 70 to 99 so hard?

Because they’re built with arithmetic: 70 is sixty-ten (soixante-dix), 80 is four twenties (quatre-vingts) and 97 is four-twenty-seventeen (quatre-vingt-dix-sept). In Canada and France there’s no shortcut like the Belgian and Swiss septante and nonante.

How are prices written in French?

With a comma for the decimals and the currency after the amount, separated by a space: 24,99 $. The game accepts the comma when you type.

Does the numbers game need audio?

Yes, it uses your device’s French voice. Most phones and computers have one; if yours doesn’t, the game tells you so.

French numbers listening game: hear it, type it

Les nombres

Listen to a number said in French and type it in digits: 97, 18:45, 24,99. Start with 70 to 99, the numbers that catch most learners.

3 min a round
Free, no sign-up
Listening

Turn your sound on: this game speaks French.

Round

How to play

1Listen to a number said in French.
2Type it in digits: 97, 18:45, 24,99.
3Start with 70 to 99, the numbers that catch most candidates.

What it trains

Hearing numbers at natural speed: prices, times, phone numbers, years, and the tricky 70–99 range (soixante-dix, quatre-vingts, quatre-vingt-dix-sept).

Why it matters for TCF and TEF Canada

Numbers carry the answer in many listening questions: a price, a time, a date, a phone number. With a single play per recording, you need to write them down as you hear them, not work them out afterwards.

Practise listening in the real format: TCF Canada listening practice · TEF Canada listening practice

Learn while you play

Rules and tips to remember

70 to 79: soixante + 10 to 19
soixante-dix (70), soixante et onze (71), soixante-dix-sept (77).
80 to 99: quatre-vingts + 0 to 19
quatre-vingts (80, with an s), quatre-vingt-un (81, no et and no s), quatre-vingt-dix-neuf (99).
Write as you hear
Note the first part as soon as you hear it (quatre-vingt…), then wait for the end (…-dix-sept).
Prices: a comma and the dollar sign after
24,99 $ is read vingt-quatre dollars quatre-vingt-dix-neuf.

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