LosNúmerosNumbers

SpanishNumbers

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HowtopronouncetheSpanishnumbers

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Thenumberone-Elnúmerouno

Thenumberonecanappearas'uno','una'orsimply'un'.

Use'uno'whencounFng-one,two,three.....etc

Use"un"beforeamasculinenoun.

unlibro=onebook

ungato=onecat(male)

unhombre=oneman

Use"una"beforeafemininenoun.

Unachica=onegirl

Unaperra=onedog(female)

0-10

1.  Uno(OO-noh)2.  dos (dohs)3.  tres (trehs)4.  cuatro (KWAH-troh)

5.  cinco (SYN-coh)6.  seis (says)7.  siete (SYEH-teh)8.  ocho (OH-choh)9.  nueve NWEH-beh)

10. diez (dee-ehs)ListentotheSpanishnumbers1-10here.

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0.cero

11-15

11.once (OHN-seh)12.doce (DOH-seh)

13.trece (TREH-seh)

14.catorce (kah-TOHR-seh)

15.quince (KEEN-seh)

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16-19Spanishnumbers16throughto19areactually

contracFons

Eg.dieciséis-literallymeanstenandsix,butthenumbersarejoinedtogether,asshownbelow:

16.dieciséis(dee-ess-ee-SAYS)(diezyseis)

17.diecisiete(dyeh-see-SYEH-teh) (diezysiete)

18.dieciocho(dyeh-see-OH-choh) (diezyocho)

19.diecinueve(dyeh-see-NWEH-beh)(diezynueve)

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20-29Justlike16-19,Spanishnumbers21to29arealsocontracCons,eg.

veinFuno=veinteyuno,twentyandone,etc

•  20.veinte (BEHN-teh)•  21.veinFuno (behn-tee-OO-noh) •  22.veinFdós (behn-tee-DHOS)•  23.veinFtrés (behn-tee-TRHES)•  24.veinFcuatro (behn-tee-KWAH-trho)

•  25.veinFcinco (behn-tee-SYN-coh)•  26.veinFséis (behn-tee-SAYS)•  27.veinFsiete (behn-tee-SYEH-teh)•  28.veinFocho (behn-tee-OH-choh)•  29.veinFnueve (behn-tee-NWEH-beh)

NBThepronunciaConoftheSpanish‘v’canbeslightlydifferentdependingonwhichcountryyouareinbutitisoNenlikeacrossbetweentheEnglish‘b’and‘v’.BearinmindthatthebestwaytolearnpronunciaConistolisten

tonaCvespeakersandtoimitatethem.

Nowyoutry!Countto20inSpanish!

1.  uno (OO-noh)2.  dos (dohs)3.  tres (trehs)4.  cuatro (KWAH-troh)

5.  cinco (SYN-coh)6.  seis (says)7.  siete (SYEH-teh)8.  ocho (OH-choh)9.  nueve NWEH-beh)

10. diez (dee-ehs)

11.once (OHN-seh)12.doce (DOH-seh)13.trece (TREH-seh)14.catorce (kah-TOHR-seh)15.quince (KEEN-seh)16.dieciséis (dee-ess-ee-SAYS)17.diecisiete (dyeh-see-SYEH-teh)18.dieciocho (dyeh-see-OH-choh)19.diecinueve (dyeh-see-NWEH-beh)

20.veinte (BEHN-teh)

Now,rememberingthatyoucontractthetensandonesinnumbersfrom16-29howwouldyou

sayandwritethesenumbers?

sixteen

nineteen

twenty-one

twenty-five

twenty-nine

Howdidyoudo?

sixteen = dieciséis(dee-ess-ee-SAYS)

nineteen= diecinueve(dyeh-see-NWEH-beh)twenty-one = venFuno(behn-tee-OO-noh)

twenty-five = veinFcinco(behn-tee-SYN-coh)

twenty-nine = veinFnueve(behn-tee-NWEH-beh)

30-39FromnowonratherthancontracCngthenumbersyoujusthavetoputtheleRer‘y’betweenthem:treintayuno,...ydos,...ytresetc,butremember

whenthey’repronouncedthesoundssCllruntogether.

30.treinta(TREHN-tah)31.treintayuno(TREHN-tah-ee-dohs)32.treintaydos33.treintaytres34.treintaycuatro35.treintaycinco36.treintayseis37.treintaysiete38.treintayocho39treintaynueve

40-5040.cuarenta(KWAH-rhen-tah)

41.cuarentayuno(KWAH-rhen-tahee-oo-noh)

42.cuarentaydos43.cuarentaytres44.cuarentaycuatro45.cuarentaycinco46.cuarentayseis47.cuanrentaysiete48.cuarentayocho49.cuarentaynueve50.cincuenta

......thispa9ernconFnuesallthewayupto99

Soremember,aier29wedon’tcontracttensandones,sohowwouldyouwritethefollowingnumbers?

thirtythree

thirtyseven

fortysix

fortyeight

fiiyone

seventyfive

Howdidyoudo?

thirtythree treintaytres thirtyseven treintaysiete fortysix cuarentayseis fortyeight cuarentayocho fiiyone cincuentayuno seventyfive setentaycinco

Spanishnumbers10–90intens

10.diez (dee-ehs)20.veinte (BEHN-teh30.treinta (TREHN-tah)40.cuarenta (kwah-RHEN-tah)50.cincuenta (syn-KWEHN-tah)

60.sesenta (seh-SEHN-tah)70.setenta (seh-TEHN-tah)80.ochenta (oh-CHEN-tah)90.noventa (noh-BEHN-tah)

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100

Use‘cien’forexactly‘100’beforemasculinesingularnounsbutuse‘ciento’ifit’sonehundredandsomething.Eg.Cienlibros.100books.

Cienperros.100dogs. butCientotresperros.103dogs.

UnlikeEnglishyoudon’tneedtoputthenumber‘one’ortheword‘a’before‘thousand’,justtheword‘mil’

doesthetrick.

mil=onethousand,1000

NOT‘UNMIL’

AndwithmulFplethousandsyougivethenumberandthenjustthesingular‘mil’

dosmil=twothousand,2000

tresmil=threethousand,3000

dosmildoscientosveinFdós=2,222

Andforyears…

1914=milnovecientoscatorce(notdiecinuevecatorce)

2014=dosmilcatorce

Sowhenyouwanttosay‘onehundredthousand’

yousay‘cienmil’not‘cientomil’.

eg.Cienmilpersonas.Onehundredthousandpeople.(100,000people)

Remember:mil(onethousand)isamasculinenoun

MulFplehundreds

MulFple‘hundreds’arewri9enasjustoneword.

eg.ochocientos=800,novecientosnoventaynueve=999

TherearethreeformsthathaveslightirregulariFes:500isquinientos,(kin-ee-ehn-tos),700issetecientos(seht-eh-see-ehn-tos)and900isnovecientos(noh-beh-see-ehn-tos).

Masculine&femininehundreds

Whendescribingnounsintheirhundredsthereisbothamasculineandfeminineformofciento.

Doscientoschicos.

Trescientaschicas.

Whennottouse‘y’(and)

Onlyuse‘y’(and)betweenthetensandonesforthenumbers31-99andthen131-199,231-299etc.

32=Treintaydos93=Noventaytres

butremember–no‘y’forthefollowingalthoughyouwouldsay‘and’inEnglish.

110(onehundred‘and’ten)=cientodiez2014(twothousand‘and’fourteen)=dosmilcatorce

NB:youcan’tsay‘veintecatorce’(twentyfourteen)

Solet’spracFce,writethefollowingnumbersinSpanish

95

104

1926

2014

500

200

Hopefullyyouwrote…

95=noventaycinco104  =cientocuatro

1926=milnovecientosveinFseís2014=dosmilcatorce

500=quinientos(kin-ee-entos)200=doscientos

Ali9lenoteontelephonenumbers

ThemostcommonwaytodictateatelephonenumberinSpanishseemstobe

bygroupingthenumbersintopairs.

894-674=(89)ochentaynueve,(46)cuarentayseis,(74)setentaycuatro

Whathappenswiththezeros?

Ifyoucomeacrossazero(cero)youcandecidehowtobreaktherestofthenumbersup:

0684723eg.ceroseis,ochentaycuatro,setentaydos,tresorcero,sesentayocho,cuarentaysiete,veinFtrés

Wholehundredsarepossibleeg.fornumbersthatstartwith0800etcbutthat’saboutasbigastheyshouldget.

0800-024-365=cero,ochocientos-cero,veinFcuatro-trescientossesentaycinco.

NB:IndividualtasteandregionalpreferencemeansthattherewillofcoursebeotheropCons

Sohowwouldyousaythesetelephonenumbersoutloud?

847014

021294788

8186032

080023987

Don’tworry,therearenorealrules,thisisjustforpracCce!

Didyousay?

847014=ochentaycuatro,setenta,catorce021294788=cerodos,doce,noventaycuatro,setentayocho,ocho

8186032=ochentayuno,ochentayseis,cero,treintaydos080023987=cero,ochocientos,veinFtrés,novecientosochentaysiete

Or…….cero,ochenta,cero,veinFtrés,noventayocho,siete

NBAswesaidtherearenohardandfastrulesbuthopefullyyou’vegottheidea.

Wherewouldyouratherbeabillionaire?

1,000,000=unmillón(andyesyoudoneedthe‘un’thisCme,unlikeathousandwhichisjust‘mil’)

1,000,000,000=milmillonesfor1,000,000,000ThenthingsgetabittrickyastheSpanishtradiConallyfollowstheBriCshEnglishforbillionsandtrillions.

1,000,000,000,000=unbillón(equaltoabillioninBriFshEnglishbutatrillioninU.S.English)

1,000,000,000,000,000=untrillón(equaltoaBriFshEnglishtrillionbutmuchmorethanaU.S.Englishtrillion)

PluralsAlthough‘mil’staysinthesingularformnoma9erhowmanythereare(unmil,dosmiletc)

‘millón’and‘billón’becomepluralanddroptheiraccents.

Unmillón.Dosmillones.Unbillón.

Tresbillones.

Eg.‘LapobrezagraveyaafectaatresmillonesdepersonasenEspaña.

(NotetheuseofthepreposiCon‘de’thatisneededwithmillónandbillónunlessfollowedbyanothernumber,eg.‘Lapobrezagraveyaafectaaunmillóntrescientoshabitantes.)

Sonowthatyou’vecoveredsomuchinformaFonaboutSpanishnumberswouldyouliketoseehowmuchhassunkin?–haveagoattranslaFngthesenumberstoSpanish.

100101102103110199200201202203251252272

3003684005006007008009001.0001.2412.0003.0003.3331.000.0001.000.000.000

Hereareyouranswers!100.cien101.cientouno102.cientodos103.cientotres110.cientodiez199.cientonoventaynueve200.doscientos201.doscientosuno202.doscientosdos203.doscientostres251.doscientoscincuentayuno252.doscientoscincuentaydos272.doscientossesentaydos

300.trescientos368.trescientossesentayocho400.cuatrocientos500.quinientos600.seiscientos700.setecientos800.ochocientos900.novecientos1.000.mil1.241.mildoscientoscuarentayuno2.000.dosmil3.000.tresmil3.333.tresmiltrescientostreintaytres1.000.000.unmillón1.000.000.000.milmillones(1billioninEnglish)

Nowforsomefun!

I’msureyoudidwellbutastheysay,‘pracFcemakesperfect’sowhenyouhaveFmewhynotplaythisgreatnumberlisteninggame

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They’llsayanumberandyoutypeittoseeifyouunderstood,it’sagreatwaytopracFcelisteningaswell.

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Welldone!YoushouldnowhaveallthebasicinformaFonaboutnumbersso

youcanmoveontothenexttopic.

But,ifyouwouldliketoknowabitmoreaboutnumberpunctuaFon,ordinalnumbers(first,second,thirdetc)aswellassayingdatesinSpanishyoumaybeinterestedinthefollowing

supplementaryinformaFon.

Commasanddecimalpoints

SomeSpanishspeakingcountriesusethedecimalpointandthecommainbasicallytheopposite

waytotheEnglishsystem

Eg982,343,678.99wouldbe982.343.678,99and10.5wouldbe10,5(said:diezcomacinco)

*NBThisappearstobethestandardforSpain,SouthAmericaandpartsofCentralAmericawhileMexico,PuertoRicoandyetotherpartsofCentralAmericaaremorelikelytousethesameformatastheEnglishsystem.Insomeplacesthousandsarejust

separatedbyaspaceinsteadofusingacommaoradecimalpointeg.2342.

Ordinalnumbersshowtheorderofnouns

Eg.Thefirstdayofthemonth.Elprimerdíadelmes.

First:primero Second:segundo Third:tercero Fourth:cuarto Fiih:quinto Sixth:sexto Seventh:sépFmo,séFmo Eighth:octavo Ninth:noveno Tenth:décimo Eleventh:undécimoordecimoprimero* Twelih:duodécimodecimosegundo* Thirteenth:decimotercero Fourteenth:decimocuarto Fiieenth:decimoquinto 100th:centésimo

*twonewerformsalsoacceptedbyRAE

NB:Whenprimeroandterceroprecedeasingularmasculinenoun,thefinal-oisdropped,eg.elprimerdía(thefirstday),eltercerniño(thethirdboy)

Also...forlargernumbers,itiscommontousesimplythecardinalnumber,especiallyinspeech,eg:elsigloveinte

OrdinalNumbersandGender

Ordinalnumbersmustagreeingender(masculineorfeminine)withthenounstheymodify.

Andrememberthat‘primero’and‘tercero’dropthe‘o’ontheendwhentheycomebeforeamasculine

singularnoun.

eltercerdía(thethirdday)

laterceravez(thethird1me)

Someusefulsayings…LaPrimeraGuerraMundial=WW1LaSegundaGuerraMundial=WW2

alalba=atfirstlightprimerosauxilios=firstaidprimogénito=firstborn

primera,primeraclase=1stclassprimero(a)hermano(a)=firstcousinestreno=firstnight(ie.premiere)primerainfancia=earlychildhood

primeraplana=frontpageprimerplano=closeup,foreground

segundoplano=backgroundporénesimavez=fortheumpteenthFme

laplantabaja=thefirstfloor

OrdinalNumberAbbreviaFons

Primero=1ro.or1º Primera=1ra.or1ª

Segundo=2do.or2º orthefeminineforms… Segunda=2da.or2ª

Tercero=3ro.or3º Tercera=3rao3ª

Dates

InSpanish,datesareexpressedinthisorder:day,month,year.

What’sthedate(today)? ¿Cuáleslafecha?¿Acuántoestamoshoy?

It’sthe11thofNovember.

Eseloncedenoviembre.Estamosaoncedenoviembre(dedosmilcatorce).Hoyeseloncedenoviembrededosmilcatorce).

(Notethatmonthsoftheyeararenotcapitalisedanddon’tforget,thedatealwaysprecedesthemonth,theeleventhofNovember,notNovembereleven.)

DatesandOrdinalNumbers

Spanishspeakersusuallyusetheordinalnumber‘elprimero’forthefirstofamonthbutjustacardinal

numberfortheotherdaysofthemonth.

Eselprimerodeabril. (Hoy)esel1odeabril.

but

It'sJuly4th. Esel4(cuatro)dejulio.

Firsttwo,firstthreeetc

Ifbothcardinalandordinalnumbersappeartogether,thecardinalnumbergoesfirst.

Meencantabanlosdosprimeroscapítulos.(Ilovedthefirsttwochapters.)

Estuveenfermalostresprimerosdías.(Iwassickthefirstthreedays.)

FracFons=Lasfracciones

½=medio1/3=untercio2/3=dostercios

From¼to1/10usetheordinalnumbers

¼=uncuarto¾trescuartos

1/10=undécimo

Fromthenonadd‘avo’tothecardinalnumber

1/11=unonceavo1/12=undoceavo1/20=unveinteavo

1/32=untreintaidosavo

HowtosaybigfracFons

JustlikeinEnglishthereareacoupleofotheropFonsforhowtosaythebiggerfracFons.

10/647forexamplecouldbetenover…,tendividedby…etc.

Diezsobreseiscientoscuarentaysiete.

DiezparFdo/divididoporseiscientoscuarentaysiete.

FracFonsforrecipes

NotethatallfracFonsaremasculinenouns

andthat*whereyouplacethefracFoncanbeopFonal

2½teaspoons=dosyuncuartocucharaditas32/3cups=*trestazasydostercios

1¼cupsofmilk=unatazayuncuartodeleche

21/3cupsofflour=dostazasyunterciodeharinahalfacupofeggwhites=unamediatazadeclarasdehuevo

¼cup=uncuartodetaza

La…..parteWhenyouwanttorefertoafracConalpartofsomethingyoucanusetheexpressions

givenbelowandnoCcethatespeciallyaNer1/10ththeuseof‘la…..parte’alongwiththefeminineordinalnumberendingin‘ava’.

½lamitad(de)1/3laterceraparte(de)¼lacuartaparte(de)

2/3dosterceraspartes(de)¾trescuartaspartes(de)

4/5cuatroquintaspartes(de)1/6lasextaparte(de)

1/7lasépCmaparte(de)1/8laoctavaparte(de)1/9lanovenaparte(de)1/10ladécimaparte(de)1/15ladoceavaparte(de)1/15laquiceavaparte(de)1/20laventeavaparte(de)1/30latreintavaparte(de)

Half–MedioorMitad?

Let’sstartwith‘mitad’whichisalwaysanoun.Use‘mitad’whenreferringtoasingleobject

ORvariousobjectsthatmakeupawhole.

‘Lamitad’(de)=half(of)it,them,something

Cadasegundosecreaunblognuevo,perosololamitadpermanecenacCvos.

Anewblogismadeeverysecond,butonlyhalfremainacCve.

¡Cartuchosdeimpresoraamitaddeprecio!Printercartridgesathalfprice!

lamitaddemisamigos=halfofmyfriends

damelamitad=givemehalf(ofsomething

Nowfor‘medio’

MediocanbeanadjecCveoradverbwhenreferringtoquanCty.

Use‘medio’torefertoasingleobjectorsomethingthatcanbeperceivedasaunit.

WhenusedasanadjecCveitmustagreewiththenounthatitisdescribing.

Esmediocaballo,mediamujer.It’shalfhorse,halfwoman.

Lacasaocupaunamediamanzana.Thehousetakesuphalfablock.

Moreonmedio/a

SomeCmesthenouncanbeomiRed.

Eg.Unahoraymedia.(not‘unahorayunamediahora)

Ponunacucharaymediadeazúcar.(Addaspoonfulandahalfofsugar.)

Whenusedasanadverb‘medio’doesn’tchangetoagreewiththeadjecCve.

Ellaesmedioloca.She’shalfcrazy.Siemprelaveomedioborracha.Ialwaysseeherhalf-drunk.

Latareaestámediohecha.Thehomework’shalfdone.

‘Amedias’isasetphrasethatcanworkasanadjecCveorasanadverbmeaning‘halfdone’,‘half-waythrough’etcorbasically‘incomplete.

Eg.Lafabricacióndelpedidoestáamedias.We’rehalfwaythroughcompleFngyourorder.

Sohowwouldyousay…

1/3 thesecondfloor thefirstfloor thetwenFethfloor 21/40 37/30 Sheonlyateathirdofhersandwich. 1/20forentertainment. 1/6forclothing.

1/5forfood. ½cupofmilk

Didyousay?

1/3=unterciothesecondfloor=elsegundopisothefirstfloor=laplantabajathetwenFethfloor=elpisoveinte21/40=veinFúncuarentavos37/30=treintaysietetreintavosSheonlyateathirdofhersandwich. =Ellasolosecomióunterciodesusándwiche.orEllasolosecomíounatercerapartedesusándwiche.1/6forclothing.=Unsextopararopa. 1/20forentertainment.=unveinteavo(orlaveinteavaparte)paradiversiones.1/5forfood=1/5paracomesFbles½cupofmilk=unamediatazadeleche

Ifyou’dlikesomemorepracFce,trytranslaFngthesephrases…

Seeyouinaquarterofanhour.We’releavinginhalfanhour.

Givemehalfakilo.Givemehalfapound.

Helostathirdofhisweight.Saveonethirdofthemixforasauce.

Oneinchisatwelihofafoot.Onetwelih.

Therewasa15%surcharge.Thepricewasreducedbyhalf.

Aquarterofthewateriswasted.Athousandthofasecond.

Theseexampleswerefoundonlinehere:h"p://&nyurl.com/ozgluhm

Howdidyougo?Seeyouinaquarterofanhour.Nosvemosdentrodeuncuartodehora.

We’releavinginhalfanhour.Salimosenmediahora.Givemehalfakilo.Dememediokilo.

Givemehalfapound.Dememedialibra.Helostathirdofhisweight.Bajódeunterciodesupeso.

Saveonethirdofthemixforasauce.Reservadeunatercerapartedelamezclaparalasalsa.

Oneinchisatwelihofafoot.Unapulgadaesladoceavapartedeunpie.Twofiihs.Dosquintaspartes.Onetwelih.Unadoceavaparte.

Therewasa15%surcharge.Habíaunrecargodelquinceporciento.Thepricewasreducedbyhalf.Elprecioseredujódelamitad.

Aquarterofthewateriswasted.Sedesperdiciauncuartodelagua.Athousandthofasecond.Unmilésimadesegundo.

Ifyougetstuck…

Trythisniiywebsite,youtypeinyournumberanditgetstranslatedforyou.

Justdon’tputdecimalpointsastheyseemtomakeitaliRleconfused.

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CongratulaFons,we’vecoveredalotofmaterialhereandyou’renotexpectedtorememberitallbutfeelfreetobookmarkthislessonforusing

asareferencetool.

Allthebestwithusing‘losnúmeros’!