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Nivel 1 Lesson 5

The document provides an overview of Spanish numbers from 0 to 1000, including how to say numbers like 135, 199, and 1001. It discusses some tricky aspects like numbers from 101 to 199 starting with 'ciento' and numbers in the thousands simply using 'mil' instead of 'miles'. The gender of hundreds and thousand place numbers changes based on the noun. Punctuation for large numbers is also reversed in Spanish versus English, with periods and commas swapped.

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Nivel 1 Lesson 5

The document provides an overview of Spanish numbers from 0 to 1000, including how to say numbers like 135, 199, and 1001. It discusses some tricky aspects like numbers from 101 to 199 starting with 'ciento' and numbers in the thousands simply using 'mil' instead of 'miles'. The gender of hundreds and thousand place numbers changes based on the noun. Punctuation for large numbers is also reversed in Spanish versus English, with periods and commas swapped.

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Lesson 5: Numbers

In the last lesson you learned about some ways Spanish uses the verb “to be.” We’ll learn more about
that in Chapter 2.4. Now, it’s time to learn Spanish numbers.
Starting out: 0 to 35

0 – cero 12 – doce 24 – veinticuatro


1 – uno 13 – trece 25 – veinticinco
2 – dos 14 – catorce 26 – veintiséis
3 – tres 15 – quince 27 – veintisiete
4 – cuatro 16 – dieciséis 28 – veintiocho
5 – cinco 17 – diecisiete 29 – veintinueve
6 – seis 18 – dieciocho 30 – treinta
7 – siete 19 – diecinueve 31 – treinta y uno
8 – ocho 20 – veinte 32 – treinta y dos
9 – nueve 21 – veintiuno 33 – treinta y tres
10 – diez 22 – veintidós 34 – treinta y cuatro
11 – once 23 – veintitrés 35 – treinta y cinco

Once you master the basic pattern, you can construct any number. For example, how would you say
135? Simply remember: 135 = 100 + 30 + “and” + 5.
Ciento + treinta + y + cinco = ciento treinta y cinco
Although the number 100 is cien, any number between 101 and 199 starts with ciento.
199 = ciento + noventa + y + nueve = ciento noventa y nueve
50 - cincuenta

60 – sesenta y uno

70 – setenta

80 - ochenta

90 noventa y uno

100 – cien

Cientouno

Ciento noventa y nueve


500 – quinientos

Seis cientos

Setecientos uno

Ocho cientos

Novecientos

1000 mil

1001 mil uno

1100 milcien

1101 mil cientouno

1200 mil doscientos


Numbers from 101

Be careful … some of these numbers can be tricky.


101 ciento uno 1100 mil cien
102 ciento dos 2000 dos mil
110 ciento diez 3000 tres mil
150 ciento cincuenta 5000 cinco mil
200 dos cientos 100,000 cien mil
500 quinientos 500,000 quinientos mil
700 setecientos 1,000,000 un millón (de)
900 novecientos 2,000,000 dos millones (de)
1000 mil 100,000,000 cien millones (de)

Unlike English, you do not say “one thousand” for the number 1000 in Spanish (un mil is incorrect),
but simply use the word “mil.”
Also note that when you get to the thousands, the word for “thousand” in Spanish, mil, does not have
a separate plural form. Two thousand is dos mil, NOT ‘dos miles.’
The only time mil is used in its plural form (miles) is when you talk about “thousands” of something
in general, using it in the sense of “many” rather than any particular number. For example,
Hay miles de peces en el mar.
- There are thousands of fish in the sea.
Tengo un millón doscientos mil quinientos pesos en el banco.
- I have 1,200,500 pesos in the bank.
Hay cincuenta mil automóviles en la carretera.
- There are 50,000 automobiles on the highway.

En Chile hay más o menos trece millones de habitantes.


- In Chile, there are more or less 13,000,000 inhabitants.
Don’t Forget the Gender

Not only will you continue to change the gender of numbers ending in 1 when used as a quantity, you
will also change the gender of numbers ending in –tos (i.e., the hundreds) to reflect the noun they
describe.

Por ejemplo:
1. El rancho tiene cuatrocientas vacas.
- The ranch has four hundred cows.
2. Hay dos cientas niñas en la escuela.
- There are two hundred girls in the school.
3. Manejamos seiscientos clientes en mi compañía.
- We manage six hundred clients in my company.
Reverse Puncuation: How to Write Big Numbers

If you are in Spain and about to write down a number for some Spanish friends, you need to be
careful with your punctuation! Periods and commas are reversed in Spanish numbers. For
example, if you want to tell them that something costs $12,870.65, you need to write it down as
$12.870,65.
Although some parts of the Spanish-speaking world do follow the American convention, it helps to
know that €99,95 is not a typo in Spain, so don’t go looking for a missing final digit!

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