Mar 25, 2019· For the French numbers 20 through 59, counting is just like in English: the tens word (vingt, trente, quarante, etc.) followed by the ones word ( un, deux, trois).The only difference is that for 21, 31, 41, etc., the word et (and) is introduced between the tens word and "one": vingt et un, trente et un, quarante et un, etc. 20 vingt 21 vingt et un 22 vingt-deux 23 vingt-trois 24 vingt-quatre ...