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The numbers in Spanish

Jan 30, 202511 min
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Summary

This episode provides an essential guide to learning numbers in Spanish, breaking them down into digestible blocks from 1 to 1000. It covers basic counting, forming compound numbers with 'y' (and) and its quick pronunciation, and special cases for numbers 11-15. The lesson also delves into multiples of hundreds and thousands, offering practical advice and pronunciation drills to help beginners master Spanish numerical expressions.

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Spanish Numbers 1-9 Introduction

Hola mi gente, welcome to Spanish for Beginners. Today we're gonna quickly study the numbers in Spanish. The numbers have been divided in four different blocks, ten to ninety. 1 to 9. 11 to 19 and 101 to 1000. Initially we're gonna focus on the numbers one to nine. So let's get into it. Let's say with me uno 3... 4... 5... I'm gonna say it again. Three. And then of course zero.

Numbers 10-99 and Compound Forms

Okay, so now we're gonna focus on numbers 10 through 90. Say it with me. Number ten would be the yes. 20 would be 20. I repeat 20. 40. 40. 40. 40. Fifty. Cincuenta. 60, 60. 70, 70. Notice 60 and 70 are very similar. 80 80 And then one hundred C N Now, I'm going to write down here 100, 100. Oh no. Let's focus now on putting together numbers, multiples of ten, like for example ninety nine. So ninety nine you will take number ninety, noventa.

you link noventa to the Y which is and When you pronounce that A. Noventa y... And then... Linkito number 9, 99. Okay, so let's do that exercise. You can also say it a little bit faster. So let me do it again and show you how you can save faster. Turns out that Noventa E could be Simply replace the A at the end of 90 and put the Y there. And then you say quickly noventi and that would allow you to go on the other side. So to say noventa ninety seven you would say noventa y siete.

Okay. Now let's practice um the numbers um with different options. So for example nineteen would be Diez y nueve. Or you can go a little bit faster by saying remember the Y you put it over here and you say DC Diecinueve, right? Alright, how would you say eighteen then? So, let's do now the 20s. Number 20 will be 20. And then the Y would be E and then Uno so veinte E uno. To say quickly, you put the Y at the end of 20 and it ends up being a 20. Right?

And so on, twenty dos, twenty three. Okay? Number thirty. Number forty quarenta. Forty one would be cuarenta y uno, or you can say faster. Quarenti uno. Okay? And the same with the other numbers. Let's say, for example, 51, you would say cinquenta uno. Cinquenta uno. 6161 Seventy one seventy uno.

Numbers 100-1000 and Special Teens

81, 81. And 91, 91. Now with 100, you can say 100 by self, no problem. 100. But what about one hundred one and so on, so once you become bigger than one hundred Like 101, you have to use a different word. Siento. And then you go to the other side. Siento uno, ciento dos, siento thres, siento quatro, siento cinco. Okay, so those are the multiples of ten. In terms of the teens, eleven to fifteen you cannot simply say die once die uno, you have to say once at the one that is a one plus ten plus.

Dos se, that would be dos as in 2 plus 10. This is in Latin. And 13 would be tre se. Notice the odd ending se. So it would be 3 and 10, 1 and 10, 2 and 10, 3 and 10, 4 and 10, 14 as in 4, and C as in 10, 14. And say kin si it comes from kinka that's five and se that's ten. And then after that you can do the old fashioned way which is Diez y seis, diez y siete, dieciocho, diecinueve. In terms of the multiples of uh one hundred, you know, we have before cien and then doscientos.

Trescientos, cuatrocientos, quinientos, seiscientos, setecientos, ochocientos, novecientos. So you can actually put together numbers that are bigger than that. For example, how would you say two hundred fifty one? So you will go Okay, so I'm gonna say the numbers and multiples of one hundred again. One hundred, one ciento, uno But 100 by itself will be 100, right? 100 will be 100. Then 200, 200. Tres cientos for three hundred, cuatrocientos for five, four hundred.

quinientos five hundredos six hundred setientos seven hundred ochentos eight hundred novecientos nine hundred and then there were one thousand miles. For example, the word one mil, you can see put another number beside mil and then that's it, cinco mil, right? So that's how the numbers work, okay?

Episode Conclusion and Resources

We just clean it up and You have this template, you get that in the book. Spanish for Beginners A1. You can get that book in the Amazon store. And also in our website, Spanishsteo.com. Okay, gracias. Adios.

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