let’s have a throwback and see the numbers in Spanish again. So far, it was not really important these numbers vocabulary but when expressing your age; From this post on, we are going to use it quite often whenever we are telling -What time is it- or specially when we are giving a specific time for our daily duty.
Here it comes a table with the numbers counting up to 100:
1-10
|
1 UNO |
6 SEIS |
|
2 DOS |
7 SIETE |
|
3 TRES |
8 OCHO |
|
4 CUATRO |
9 NUEVE |
|
5 CINCO |
10 DIEZ |
11-20
|
11 ONCE |
16 DIECISÉIS |
|
12 DOCE |
17 DIECISIETE |
|
13 TRECE |
18 DIECIOCHO |
|
14 CATORCE |
19 DIECINUEVE |
|
15 QUINCE |
20 VEINTE |
21-30
|
21 VEINTIUNO |
26 VEINTISÉIS |
|
22 VEINTIDÓS |
27 VEINTISIETE |
|
23 VEINTITRÉS |
28 VEINTIOCHO |
|
24 VEINTICUATRO |
29 VEINTINUEVE |
|
25 VEINTICINCO |
30 TREINTA |
◊ It is only one word when counting up to 30, so, we do have to learn the whole word. From 30 onwards, once knowing the 30, 40, 50, 60…and so on, it is just a matter of adding Y (and) plus another single number. Let’s see with 30:
34- TREINTA Y CUATRO (Thirty and four)
38- TREINTA Y OCHO (Thirty and eight)
Accordingly, let’s see the 40,50,60,70…:
|
40 CUARENTA |
|
50 CINCUENTA |
|
60 SESENTA |
|
70 SETENTA |
|
80 OCHENTA |
|
90 NOVENTA |
|
100 CIEN |
Therefore, following the explanation above:
65- SESENTA Y CINCO (Sixty and five)
89- OCHENTA Y NUEVE (Eighty and nine)
47- CUARENTA Y SIETE (Forty and seven)
77- SETENTA Y SIETE (Seventy and seven)
51- CINCUENTA Y UNO (Fifty and one)
42- CUARENTA Y DOS (Forty and two)
96- NOVENTA Y SEIS (Ninety and six)
