Use cien if the number that follows is larger than Note: This is not actually so much of a difference in languages as it is a difference in ways of counting very large numbers. Historically there is some disagreement even between English-speaking countries as to what exactly "billion" represents. Bonus: see Long and short scales. Now things get a little weird.
Adding three zeros to a million in English gets us to a billion. This throws the rest of the chart out of synch with what we might expect as well:. Still have questions about numbers?
Try out the Spanish Number Translator. If you're simply counting numbers like in "Hide and Seek" while your friends are hiding the list above is accurate. However, much of the time when we use a number we follow it up with a noun, e. When we do this we're actually using the number as an adjective and some interesting things need to happen.
Ciento is also shortened to cien when and only when we're dealing with exactly of something. For example:. Secondly, as with other adjectives, we need to make our numbers agree in gender with the nouns that they modify. However, this only happens with numbers ending in " -uno " and words ending in " -ientos " all of the "hundreds" words from to Every part of a number that can agree with the gender of the noun should agree.
For example , tables would be written out as " seiscient a s cincuenta y cuatro mil trescient a s veintiun a mesas.
You may have noticed the strange looking decimal points in the right hand column above. This is not a typo. The majority of Spanish-speaking countries do the opposite of English-speaking countries when it comes to decimal points and grouping thousands: commas are used for decimal points and periods are used to separate the groups of zeros.
The number " While we use cardinal numbers to count things, we use "ordinal numbers" to put things in order such as the order in which runners finish a race. Here are the Spanish ordinal numbers :. From "fourths" to "tenths" we simply use ordinal numbers. From "elevenths" to "twentieths" we use cardinal numbers with the suffix avo.
Beyond "twentieths" we simply use an ordinal number with the word parte. We use "multiplicatives" to make multiples out of a number. Spanish multiples are similar to the English:. Precentages are written the same way in Spanish as they are in English. Got an account? Sign in here. Sign In. Start Your Free Trial.
October 24, We all look at the clock a few times a day, we go shopping and look at the prices of products… We all need to count things sometimes as well. For example, is cien to uno and would be cien to ochenta y siete. Unlike in English, hundreds are written in one word. However, what follows it does work like in English: a space, and then the next number, in the same way it would normally be written.
Sometimes, the number in front of cientos will be the exact same word we learned in the beginning, such as cuatrocientos or ochocientos , but there are others that are a bit irregular. Giving Your Phone Number When giving a phone number in Spanish , there are a few different ways you can express these numbers. Telling the Time There are a few noticeable differences between telling the time in Spanish and in English.
Saying Dates Notice that in Spanish, just like in most languages and unlike in American English , we express first the day and then the month. How SpanishPod Posted by SpanishPod Create Your Free Lifetime Account. By clicking Join Now, you agree to our Terms of Use , Privacy Policy , and to receive our email communications, which you may opt out at any time.
In most cultures, it is custom to express gratitude in some way or another. The dictionary defines gratitude as foll Many Spanish learners have a hard time expressing themselves or understanding others over the phone. Basic Spanish Words for Beginners September 23, Have you decided to learn Spanish?
It will be a very exciting and rewarding journey. Do you long for romance and are willing to do whatever it takes to meet that specia The dictionary defines gratitude as f Yet, when exactly is Ap See Previous Post. See Next Post. Or sign up using Facebook. Connect with Facebook.
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