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Spanish grammar 2

8. Numbers

8.1 Basic Numbers

  • Introduction

  • 1. Pronouns
  • 1.1 Personal Pronouns

  • 1.2 Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns & Genitive

  • 1.3 Accusative and Dative Pronouns

  • 1.4 Demonstrative Pronouns

  • 1.5 Reflexive Pronouns

  • 1.6 Indefinite Pronouns

  • 2. Nouns & Articles
  • 2.1 Gender of Nouns

  • 2.2 Indefinite and Definite Forms

  • 2.3 Singular and Plural

  • 3. Verbs
  • 3.1 Types of Verbs

  • 3.2 The Conjugation and Use of “Be” Verbs

  • 3.3 Present Tense & Gerund

  • 3.4 Preterite

  • 3.5 Imperfect

  • 3.6 The Present Perfect

  • 3.7 The Past Perfect

  • 3.8 Future Tense and Near Future

  • 3.9 Conditional

  • 3.10 Affirmative and Negative Commands

  • 3.11 Subjunctive

  • 3.12 Passive

  • 4. Adjectives
  • 4.1 Adjective Inflection

  • 4.2 Comparison of Adjectives

  • 5. Syntax
  • 5.1 Word Order in Main Clause

  • 5.2 Interrogative Sentence & Question Words

  • 5.3 Subordinate Clauses

  • 6. Prepositions
  • 6.1 Prepositions

  • 7. Adverbs
  • 7.1 Adverbs

  • 8. Numbers
  • 8.1 Basic Numbers

  • 8.2 Order Numbers

  • 8.3 Number Expressions

  • 9. Letters of the Alphabet
  • 9.1 Letters of the Alphabet

  • Introduction

  • 1. Pronouns

  • 1.1 Personal Pronouns

  • 1.2 Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns & Genitive

  • 1.3 Accusative and Dative Pronouns

  • 1.4 Demonstrative Pronouns

  • 1.5 Reflexive Pronouns

  • 1.6 Indefinite Pronouns

  • 2. Nouns & Articles

  • 2.1 Gender of Nouns

  • 2.2 Indefinite and Definite Forms

  • 2.3 Singular and Plural

  • 3. Verbs

  • 3.1 Types of Verbs

  • 3.2 The Conjugation and Use of “Be” Verbs

  • 3.3 Present Tense & Gerund

  • 3.4 Preterite

  • 3.5 Imperfect

  • 3.6 The Present Perfect

  • 3.7 The Past Perfect

  • 3.8 Future Tense and Near Future

  • 3.9 Conditional

  • 3.10 Affirmative and Negative Commands

  • 3.11 Subjunctive

  • 3.12 Passive

  • 4. Adjectives

  • 4.1 Adjective Inflection

  • 4.2 Comparison of Adjectives

  • 5. Syntax

  • 5.1 Word Order in Main Clause

  • 5.2 Interrogative Sentence & Question Words

  • 5.3 Subordinate Clauses

  • 6. Prepositions

  • 6.1 Prepositions

  • 7. Adverbs

  • 7.1 Adverbs

  • 8. Numbers

  • 8.1 Basic Numbers

  • 8.2 Order Numbers

  • 8.3 Number Expressions

  • 9. Letters of the Alphabet

  • 9.1 Letters of the Alphabet

The basic, or cardinal numbers between 0 and 15 have to be learned by heart. After that, most of the numbers are easy to form.
0cero
1uno
2dos
3tres
4cuatro
5cinco
6seis
7siete
8ocho
9nueve
10diez
11once
12doce
13trece
14catorce
15quince
The numbers between 16 and 19 are formed logically, for example 16 = “10 and 6”, so “diez y seis” that merges into the form dieciséis:
16dieciséis
17diecisiete
18dieciocho
19diecinueve
The same logic is used to create the numbers between 21 and 29. Note the accent mark in numbers 22, 23 and 26:
20veinte
21veintiuno
22veintidĂłs
23veintitrés
24veinticuatro
25veinticinco
26veintiséis
27veintisiete
28veintiocho
29veintinueve
From 30 onwards, the numbers are formed according to the same principle, e.g. 34 = “30 and 4”, but they are not made into compound words: 34 = treinta y cuatro. Learn the tens well, as the other numbers are formed from them. Here are some examples:
30treinta
31treinta y uno
32treinta y dos
33treinta y tres
40cuarenta
45cuarenta y cinco
50cincuenta
57cincuenta y siete
60sesenta
70setenta
76setenta y seis
80ochenta
90noventa
98noventa y ocho

Note that also in numbers, the word uno (one) changes to match the gender of the noun it refers to. Before a masculine noun, it becomes un, and before a feminine noun it becomes una.

Tengo treinta y un libros.

I have thirty-one books.

Hay setenta y una habitaciones en el hotel.

There are seventy-one rooms in the hotel.

 

Study the hundreds carefully too. Some of them are slightly irregular. Note that the word y is used between tens and ones, but not between hundreds and tens (or ones).

Examples of numbers between 100 and 999:
100cien
104ciento cuatro
113ciento trece
150ciento cincuenta
169ciento sesenta y nueve
200doscientos, -as
300trescientos, -as
400cuatrocientos, -as
500quinientos, -as
600seiscientos, -as
625seiscientos veinticinco
700setecientos, -as
800ochocientos, -as
900novecientos, -as

Note that hundreds also have feminine forms, which are used with feminine words:

doscientas camisetas

200 t-shirts

setecientas noventa y cuatro estrellas

794 stars

Finally, some examples of large numbers (1000+):
1000mil
3000tres mil
56 203cincuenta y seis mil doscientos tres
254 867doscientos cincuenta y cuatro mil ochocientos sesenta y siete
1 000 000un millĂłn
2 000 000dos millones
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Beginning 8.2 Order Numbers
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