{"id":26652,"date":"2017-04-12T14:07:29","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T12:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=26652"},"modified":"2017-04-12T14:13:23","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T12:13:23","slug":"counting-in-french-helped-me-remember-les-nombres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/counting-in-french-helped-me-remember-les-nombres\/","title":{"rendered":"How Counting In French Helped Me Remember Les Nombres"},"content":{"rendered":"

Les nombres<\/a><\/strong> (numbers) are difficult for me to remember in French. If I’m not forgetting the words for chaque nombre <\/strong><\/a>(each number), I’m trying to figure out if we\u2019re talking about four twenties<\/em> or eighty<\/em>!<\/p>\n

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“Numbers<\/a>” by morebyless on Flickr. Licensed under CC BY 2.0.<\/p><\/div>\n

I have a hard time remembering les nombres<\/strong> in any language other than ma langue maternelle<\/strong> (my native language). I think it is related to how les nombres<\/strong> lack any context that makes it easier to remember them. It feels like nothing but a list of random vocabulary to memorize!<\/p>\n

It is also frustrating when most of the time numbers are not written out so you can see how they are pronounced. You are much more likely to see 80<\/strong> <\/em>than you are eighty<\/em> or quatre-vingts<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

This only gets worse if you\u2019re dealing with des grands nombres<\/strong><\/a> (large numbers):<\/p>\n

1\u00a0577\u00a0289\u00a0393,31<\/strong><\/p>\n

Un milliard cinq cent soixante-dix-sept millions deux cent quatre-vingt-neuf mille trois cent quatre-vingt-treize virgule trente et un<\/strong>
\nOne billion five hundred seventy-seven million two hundred eighty-nine thousand three hundred ninety-three point thirty-one<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Being able to understand a large string of numbers that sometimes use words milliard<\/strong> and billiard <\/strong>is un casse-t\u00eate <\/strong>(a headache). On top of that une virgule<\/strong> is used instead of un point<\/strong> for the decimal point!<\/p>\n

C’est<\/a> tellement difficile \u00e0 retenir !<\/strong>
\nIt’s so hard to remember!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The solution for me was to find a way to make les nombres<\/strong> so embedded in my brain that I knew them par c\u0153ur<\/strong> (by heart). I wanted to not have to remember<\/em> les nombres<\/strong>, but instead just know<\/em> them.<\/p>\n

In order to have les nombres<\/strong> solidly in my memory I began counting anything I could en fran\u00e7ais<\/strong>. Les pages d’un livre, mes crayons, mes pas, etc<\/strong> (the pages of a book, my pencils, my steps, etc).<\/p>\n

Where I made the most progress was during mon entra\u00eenement matinal<\/strong> (my morning excercise). Compter<\/strong> (counting) would keep my mind distracted and help me practice les nombres en fran\u00e7ais<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

Un, deux<\/a>, trois\u2026<\/strong>
\nOne, two, three\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It wasn\u2019t easy and I would often get lost, repeat numbers, or skip numbers, especially with the 70s and the 90s:<\/p>\n

Soixante-huit, soixante-neuf\u2026. Euh\u2026 sept\u2026 soixante-dix, soixante-onze…<\/strong>
\nSixty-eight, sixty-nine… uh… seven… seventy, seventy-one…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

However, the daily practice eventually made it easier to remember les nombres en fran\u00e7ais<\/strong>. I could remember les num\u00e9ros de t\u00e9l\u00e9phone<\/strong><\/a> and follow mes cours de comptabilit\u00e9<\/strong> (my accounting classes) without any problem!<\/p>\n

I wasn\u2019t doing un milliard<\/a> de pompes <\/strong>(a billion push-ups), but the practice made it easier to remember all French numbers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Les nombres (numbers) are difficult for me to remember in French. If I’m not forgetting the words for chaque nombre (each number), I’m trying to figure out if we\u2019re talking about four twenties or eighty! I have a hard time remembering les nombres in any language other than ma langue maternelle (my native language). I…<\/p>\n

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