Unit 42 Guidebook: describe your family

KEY PHRASES

Describe your family

Quel âge ont tes grands-parents ?
How old are your grandparents?
Mes grands-parents ont quatre-vingt-onze ans.
My grandparents are ninety-one years old.
Mon grand frère a soixante ans.
My big brother is sixty years old.
Vous avez soixante-dix ans ?
You are seventy years old?
Mon grand-père a quatre-vingt-cinq ans.
My grandfather is eighty-five years old.
Elle a soixante-dix-sept chats !
She has seventy-seven cats!
TIP

Four twenties?

Be sure to use a dash in numbers like vingt‑deux and trente‑six. But if the second number is one, add et between dashes, as in quarante‑et‑un.

Now, for numbers above seventy, you start combining smaller number words!

70 ‑ soixante‑dix
seventy (literal: sixty ten)
71 ‑ soixante‑et‑onze
seventy‑one (literal: sixty and eleven)
72 ‑ soixante‑douze
seventy‑two (literal: sixty twelve)
80 ‑ quatre‑vingts
eighty (literal: four twenties)