Number In Spanish

Spanish 

Numbers in Spanish 

Learning Spanish is fun, it's similiar with English, Now..we can learn about Number in Spanish. the previous lesson we have studied about Nouns and Gender In Spanish , and we continue with this one. Numbers come in a variety of forms, including ordinal numbers, fractions, and whole numbers. The following sections of this chapter instruct you on how to correctly express numbers through various combinations of number sets.

Ordinal Numbers

Ordinal numbers identify a position in a sequence of numbers. You use ordinal numbers, for example, to state that you live in the fourth house on the right, past the second stop sign on a given

street. The following list includes the basic ordinal numbers in both English and Spanish:

English	Spanish
first	primero
second	segundo
third	tercero
fourth	cuarto
fifth	quinto
sixth	sexto
seventh	séptimo
eighth	octavo
ninth	noveno
tenth	décimo
twentieth	vigésimo

Numbers have gender identification. If the written form of a number ends in O, it is masculine. If it ends in A, it is feminine. The first and third ordinal numbers, primero  and tercero, are shortened when they precede a noun. If you were to be talking about your first or third auto, you would say primer coche, or tercer coche, respectively.

The eleventh and twelfth ordinal numbers are undécimo and duodécimo. Ordinal numbers thirteen through nineteen are derived by combining the Spanish translation for the “tenth” (décimo) and the applicable whole number between 1 and through 9. The fifteenth ordinal number, for example, is obtained by combining the Spanish terms décimo (tenth) and quinto (fifth), to form décimoquinto. We have included ordinal numbers twentieth, hundredth, and thousandth.

primero to vigésimo are all written as one word. From vigésimo primero (twenty-first) on, ordinal numbers are shown as two words. Ordinal numbers over twentieth are seldom used. Cardinal numbers are used instead.

Fractions

A fraction is created by using a whole number as the numerator and an ordinal number as the denominator. Fractions are normally expressed in numerical form, though they sometimes are spelled out, as in “I ate one-half of the sandwich.” On the accompanying audio, you will hear that the Spanish translations are the same for numerical figures or spelled out fractions. The next examples show two expressions of the same fraction. Listen to the translated sound on the number “one” in one-fourth. When “one” is used as an adjective, it is pronounced un. When it is used as a noun it is pronounced

uno.

one-fourth un cuarto

one-half la mitad

half medio

one-third una tercera parte

one-eighth un octavo

Whole Numbers

Although, as stated earlier, there are an infinite number of whole numbers, the following list includes only zero through twenty. The number twenty, or veinte, requires a unique pronunciation when combined with other numbers, as explained in the “Say it Right” tip later in this section of the chapter. Combining numbers within the “Whole Numbers” section can generate numbers from twenty to one hundred thousand.

English	Spanish
zero	cero
one	uno
two	dos
three	tres
four	cuatro
five	cinco
six	seis

seven	siete
eight	ocho
nine	nueve
ten	diez
eleven	once
twelve	doce
thirteen	trece

fourteen	catorce
fifteen	quince
sixteen	dieciséis
seventeen	diecisiete
eighteen	dieciocho
nineteen	diecinueve
twenty	veinte

                                                             

                                                             

                      

The numbers in the preceding list can be combined to create a whole range of other numbers that may be useful to you. Let’s take a look at some of these combinations. For numbers twenty-one through twenty-nine, simply add the applicable secondary number (1–9) to the prefix veinti. The following are a couple of examples:

twenty-three veintitrés

twenty-nine veintinueve

The same rule applies for incrementing numbers between thirty and ninety, except that you do not

alter those numbers. You add the applicable secondary number 1–9 to the numbers between thirty

and ninety with a Y linking the two numbers. The following includes a few examples:

ENGLISH	SPANISH
thirty	treinta
thirty-one	treinta y uno
forty	cuarenta
forty-two	cuarenta y dos
fifty	cincuenta
fifty-three	cincuenta y tres
sixty	sesenta
sixty-four	sesenta y cuatro
seventy	setenta
eighty	ochenta
ninety	noventa

Things change when you get to the hundreds. Notice the change that takes place when we translate “one hundred” and “one hundred and five.”

one hundred                        cien

one hundred five                                ciento cinco

Notice that “one hundred” is translated as cien. When you add units to the one hundred,the cien   becomes ciento. Although the “hundred” remains a singular term when you state the numbers two hundred to nine hundred, the ciento is made plural. An exception to this is the number five hundred. It is translated as quinientos. Another change that takes place is in the form of siete and nueve used in seven the number “twenty.” It sounds like “vein teh.” Notice that when you add a unit to it and

make it twenty-one, the “vein teh,” spelled “veinte,” is pronounced like “vein tee,”

spelled “veinti”or “veintiuno” for twentyone. This change only happens in the range of numbers twenty-one through twentynine.

hundred and nine hundred, respectively. They become the prefixes sete and nove, producing the translated numbers setecientos and novecientos. The following examples illustrate some of these numbers:

ENGLISH	SPANISH
one hundred thousand	doscientos
two thousand	doscientos cinco
nine hundred ninety-nine	trescientos
one thousand	trescientos cincuenta
nine hundred	cuatrocientos
eight hundred and eight	cuatrocientos sesenta y siete
eight hundred	quinientos
seven hundred thirty	quinientos noventa y cuatro
seven hundred	seiscientos
six hundred fourteen	seiscientos catorce
six hundred	setecientos
five hundred ninety-four	-three setecientos treinta y tres
five hundred	ochocientos
four hundred sixty-seven	ochocientos ocho
four hundred	novecientos
three hundred fifty	novecientos noventa y nueve
three hundred	mil
two hundred and five	dos mil
two hundred	cien mil

The translation for the plural of “thousand” is  

Thousands

miles

  

  In English, “million” is used when you refer to one, two, or one hundred million. The plural form is only used when one uses that term as in “I get millions of emails a day.” In Spanish, “million” becomes plural in two million, three million, and so on, and million loses its accent. The following are the translations for the singular and plural form of “million.”

one million           un millon

two million            dos millones

millions                   millones

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