{"id":31627,"date":"2019-10-22T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T03:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=31627"},"modified":"2019-10-20T21:26:49","modified_gmt":"2019-10-20T19:26:49","slug":"french-language-of-numbers-and-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-language-of-numbers-and-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"French Language &#8211; Of numbers and letters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Des chiffres et des lettres<\/strong> is a long running television program <sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"1\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"0000000000002f0d0000000000000000_31627\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-0000000000002f0d0000000000000000_31627-1\">1<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-0000000000002f0d0000000000000000_31627-1\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"1\">Airing in its current format since 1972!<\/span> in France that challenges contestants&#8217; spelling and computation skills. The two different parts of <strong>l&#8217;\u00e9mission <\/strong>(<em>the program<\/em>) can help you build your spelling and counting skills in French.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Des Chiffres et Des Lettres, 45 ans d&#039;\u00e9missions cultes | Archive INA\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dlbDJM7sIHE?start=10&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"woo-sc-box  normal   \">You can watch the entire first <strong>\u00e9mission<\/strong> (<em>program<\/em>) from 1972 above.<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Le mot le plus long<\/strong> \/ <em>The longest word<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In the first part of\u00a0<strong>le jeu<\/strong> (<em>the game<\/em>), contestants take turns calling for either\u00a0<strong>une consonne\u00a0<\/strong>(<em>consonant<\/em>) or <strong>une voyelle<\/strong> (<em>a vowel<\/em>) and then must try to spell the longest <strong>mot <\/strong>(<em>word<\/em>) from the 9 resulting\u00a0<strong>lettres<\/strong> (<em>letters<\/em>) <sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"2\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"0000000000002f0d0000000000000000_31627\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-0000000000002f0d0000000000000000_31627-2\">2<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-0000000000002f0d0000000000000000_31627-2\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"2\">Originally 7, then 8, now 9 in the current format<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Le compte est bon<\/strong> \/ <em>The count is exact<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dans la deuxi\u00e8me partie du jeu<\/strong> (<em>in the second part of the game<\/em>), contestants try to calculate a target number by applying basic math processes (+ \/ <em>plus, &#8211; \/ moins,\u00a0<\/em>x \/\u00a0<em>multipli\u00e9 par<\/em>, and \u00f7 \/\u00a0<em>divis\u00e9 par<\/em>) to 6 randomly selected numbers (from 1-10, 25, 50, 75, or 100).<\/p>\n<p>Check out the incredible math skills of an <strong>ordinateur humain<\/strong> (<em>human computer) <\/em>and practice your number skills <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/t_4dAYk5ySY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Vocabulaire utile<\/strong> \/ <em>Useful vocabulary<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Outside of the math classroom people tend to use the word <em>number<\/em> to refer indiscriminately to all numbers. In reality, there are different words for different uses. The same is true in French &#8230; and while all the French words can be translated in English as\u00a0<em>number<\/em>, they actually have distinct meanings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>le chiffre <\/strong>&#8211; 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9\u00a0<strong>sont les chiffres<\/strong> (<em>are the digits<\/em>) that we use to write <strong>les nombres\u00a0<\/strong><em>(n.m)<\/em> and\u00a0<strong>les num\u00e9ros<\/strong> <em>(n.m.). <\/em><strong>Les chiffres<\/strong><em> (digits) are <\/em>like\u00a0<strong>les lettres<\/strong> <em>(the letters)<\/em>\u00a0of math<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Les nombres<\/strong> are like\u00a0<strong>les mots\u00a0<\/strong>(<em>the words<\/em>) of math. 365 is\u00a0<strong>un nombre<\/strong>. So is 1,399,267.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Un num\u00e9ro <\/strong>is a specific type of number that indicates something. <strong>Un num\u00e9ro de t\u00e9l\u00e9phone, un num\u00e9ro de chambre d&#8217;h\u00f4tel, ou un num\u00e9ro de rue, par exemple<\/strong> (<em>A telephone number, a hotel room number, or the street number (of a house), for example<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>It can get a little complicated, so just remember that\u00a0<strong>un chiffre, un nombre, et un num\u00e9ro<\/strong> are all\u00a0<em>numbers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Fait divers<\/strong>\u00a0\/ <i>Variety<\/i><\/p>\n<p>This weekend, with the help of <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-culture-saving-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">D&#8217;Artagnans<\/a>, 100 chateaux around France held the first <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nuitdeschateaux.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nuit des Ch\u00e2teaux<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(<em>night of the castles<\/em>). Across the country, chateaux of all types opened their\u00a0<strong>portes<\/strong> (<em>doors<\/em>) for an illuminated evening of tours, activities, and history. If you use Instagram, you can see pictures from the event <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nuitdeschateaux\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>. The event also has a Facebook page\/group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nuitdeschateaux\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Featured image by\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/@magda-ehlers-pexels?utm_content=attributionCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=pexels\">Magda Ehlers\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>from\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/red-background-with-123456789-text-overlay-1329296\/?utm_content=attributionCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=pexels\">Pexels<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"modern-footnotes-list modern-footnotes-list--show-only-for-print\"><li><span>1<\/span><div>Airing in its current format since 1972!<\/div><\/li><li><span>2<\/span><div>Originally 7, then 8, now 9 in the current format<\/div><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/count-counting-graphic-1329296-350x233.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/count-counting-graphic-1329296-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/10\/count-counting-graphic-1329296.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Des chiffres et des lettres is a long running television program in France that challenges contestants&#8217; spelling and computation skills. The two different parts of l&#8217;\u00e9mission (the program) can help you build your spelling and counting skills in French. 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