![]() If the noun is masculine then the form "un" is used. "Un amigo" can mean "a friend" or "one friend" depending on the context. This is because the word for "a" and "one" are the same in Spanish. ¿Un, uno o una? - The number "one" in Spanish is the only number that has to agree with the noun it refers to. For example:ģ8 - treinta y ocho - literally "thirty and eight".Ģ49 - doscientos cuarenta y nueve -literally "two hundreds forty and nine".ġ567 - mil quinientos sesenta y siete - literally "thousand five hundred sixty and seven".Īlthough the numbers in the 20s are pronounced similarly to the higher numbers, they are written slightly differently - "veintiuno, veintidos" (all one word) but "treinta y uno, treinta y dos, cuarenta y uno, cuarenta y dos", etc. Numbers are built up from the units listed above the same way that they are in English. Note also that the numbers from 200 to 900 have to agree with the noun they refer to: "ochocientos libros" "ochocientas niñas" Note that 500 is very irregular and 700 and 900 are slightly irregular. Your browser does not support the audio element. Then it is fairly easy to work out the larger numbers in Spanish. You need to learn the numbers 1 - 15 which are unique, along with the multiples of 10. The literal translation is “one million of cars.”Learning the numbers in Spanish is not very complicated. The numbers below provide some examples of this:ĥ83,383 = quinientos ochenta y tres mil trescientos ochenta y tresħ,493,000 = siete millones cuatrocientos noventa y tres milĩ,651,933 = nueve millones seiscientos cincuenta y un mil novecientos treinta y tres (Now that is a mouthful!)įinally, note that when you’re using un millón or millones with a noun, you must use de.įor example, “one million cars” is un millón de coches. It is very easy to form new numbers with mil and un millón. When you’re just talking about 1,000 with nothing the “ ten-thousands” column, write mil, with no un. Now, you need to put an un in this number to distinguish it from treinta mil (30,000). The only time you’ll see un mil is in numbers like treinta y un mil (31,000). Note that 1,000 is mil, not un mil – whereas for un millón, you can’t leave out the un. Spanish Numbers From 1 Thousand to 1 Million 1,000+įrom this point, as you’ve learned every Spanish number up until one thousand, there are only two new words that you will need to learn. In order to say or spell the Spanish numbers between 200 and 300, all you need to do is follow the same patterns as for 100 ( ciento): Setecient as casas = seven hundred houses Therefore, they must agree with the noun: It is definitely worth remembering that these eight Spanish numbers ( doscientos, trescientos, cuatrocientos, quinientos, seiscientos, setecientos, ochocientos and novecientos) have masculine and feminine forms. That is to say, they are not ‘cincocientos’ ‘sietecientos’ and ‘nuevecientos.’ You may have seen that 500 ( quinientos), 700 ( setecientos) and 900 ( novecientos) have their own pattern. You will see below that this is really straightforward.ĩ00 = novecientos Do You Spot Any Irregularities? ![]() Just as we learnt the multiples of 10 in the first section of this text, we must now learn the multiples of 100. It includes fun, easy to follow lessons on Spanish numbers. So, by taking the simple steps mentioned above, you’ll have the numbers 1-100 in Spanish memorised in no time!ĭo you want to learn Spanish fast? Get off to the perfect start with Spanish for Beginners with James. Zero = cero (you will see that these are very similar!)ġ00 = cien (note the link with English words that resemble this like ![]() There are two important numbers we have not covered: ![]() So, instead of “veinte y cinco”, it would be “ veinticinco”. ![]() Remember also that numbers from 21-29 get contracted into a single word, instead of broken down into 3 separate words like all the others. Make sure you remember which one is which early on to avoid confusion later! 1 unoįor numbers above twenty, simply take the the multiples of ten ( veinte, treinta, cuarenta, cincuenta, sesenta, setenta, ochenta, noventa) and the smaller number ( uno, dos, tres, cuantro, cinco, seis, siete, ocho, nueve, diez) and add “y” (“and”) in the middle.Ĥ5 = “forty and five” = cuarenta y cinco.Ī quick tip: As you may have noticed already, sixty and seventy are very similar in Spanish – sesenta – 60 and setenta – 70. Once you’ve learned these, we’ll explain some ways to remember them. Let’s look at the Spanish numbers 1 to 100. ![]()
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