Jan 21 2008
Spanish Numbers
This is another basic Spanish vocabulary lesson. A few notes before we start. First, some numbers change slightly depending on the gender of the noun they’re coupled with. For examle, un niño and una niña. Notice that we didn’t use uno for niño; uno is used in counting or when replying to someone asking if you want more. You would say, “Un taco, por favor”, when ordering, but when asked if you would like more, you could reply, “Sí, uno más, por favor.”
Another number that often gets confused is 500 - quinientos - not cincocientos. Also in Spanish, a number like 1,400 is shown as 1.400 and is always spelled and pronounced as mil cuatrocientos, not catorcecientos or fourteen hundred. We’ll cover this more in future lessons within the context that gives rise to such confusion, such as when dealing with dates.
To further confuse this, it is common to see different spelling for certain numbers. The numbers 16 to 19 and 21 to 29 can be written two different ways, Veinte y cinco or veinticinco. The later is used today in Mexican schools, but the other way is still common and widely used.
Below is a list of numbers and below that is a Shockwave application to help with pronounciation and to test your listening skills.
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1. Uno 2. Dos 3. Tres 4. Cuatro 5. Cinco 6. Seis 7. Siete 8. Ocho 9. Nueve 10. Diez 11. Once 12. Doce 13. Trece 14. Catorce 15. Quince 16. Dieciséis 17. Diecisiete 18. Dieciocho 19. Diecinueve 20. Veinte 21. Veintiuno 22. Veintidós 23. Veintitrés 24. Veinticuatro 25. Veinticinco 26. Veintiséis 27. Veintisiete 28. Veintiocho 29. Veintinueve 30. Treinta 31. Treinta y uno |
32. Treinta y dos 40. Cuarenta 41. Cuarenta y uno 50. Cincuenta 60. Sesenta 70. Setenta 80. Ochenta 90. Noventa 100. Ciento 101. Ciento uno 102. Ciento dos 110. Ciento diez 200. Doscientos 201. Doscientos uno 202. Doscientos dos 300. Trescientos 400. Cuatrocientos 500. Quinientos 555. Quinientos cincuenta y cinco 600. Seiscientos 700. Setecientos 800. Ochocientos 900. Novecientos 943. Novecientos cuarenta y tres 1.000. Mil 1.001. Mil uno 1.101. Mil ciento uno 2.000. dos mil 2.103. Dos mil ciento tres 3.000. Tres mil 3.333. Tres mil trescientos treinta y tres |
Update: here is a link to the downloadable version in case you don’t have the newest version of Shockwave.
