Family 3
My brother is grand!
Use grand and petit to talk about your older and younger siblings. Don't forget to add an e for feminine nouns!
Ma grande sœur est gentille.
My big sister is nice.
Mon petit frère joue de la guitare.
My little brother plays guitar.
ma petite sœur
my little sister
Je ressemble à ma mère
To say that someone looks like someone or something, use ressembler à.
Tu ressembles à ta soeur.
You look like your sister.
Ce dessin ressemble au tableau de Monet.
This drawing looks like Monet's painting.
Ces citrons ressemblent aux oranges.
These lemons look like the oranges.
Nous ressemblons à nos parents.
We look like our parents.
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)
90 ‑ quatre‑vingt‑dix
ninety (literal: four twenty ten)