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Differences in the use of numbers in French and English: Kings, queens and popes
As with dates, where English uses ordinal numbers, French uses cardinal numbers, with the exception of 'first' premier.
King / queen / pope | French | English |
---|---|---|
François I | François premier | Francis the First |
Elizabeth I | Elizabeth première | Elizabeth the First |
Henri II | Henri deux | Henry the Second |
Louis XIV | Louis quatorze | Louis the Fourteenth |
lean XXIII | Jean vingt-trois | Pope John the Twenty-third |
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Other Lessons[edit | edit source]
- Agreement with a preceding direct object pronoun when the participle is followed by infinitives
- Phrases used as adverbs
- Marked use of tu
- Compound adjectives involving demi—, nu— and mi—
- Polite Form
- Difference between meilleur and mieux
- Future Tense
- Use of the definite article with quantities
- Summary table of subject pronouns
- Position of subject pronouns
- Subject Verb Agreement — Agreement quantifiers numeral nouns
- on as an alternative to the English passive
- Indefinite and negative noun phrases with adjective complements
- Nouns
- The irregular verb avoir