Numbers 30-199
Post 18 of 365
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Today we’re returning to numbers and learning them up to 100, well, 199.
Numbers 30-199
Review post- numbers 0-31
We’ll practice them in the context of business and social communication.
There’ll also be an important tip to really help improve your listening comprehension regarding phone numbers.
To facilitate learning our numbers up to 100, we’ll simply combine numbers 1-9 with the 10’s.
In Spanish it’s equivalent to saying “thirty and one, thirty and two, etc…”
To each of the numbers below, just add “y uno, y dos, y tres, etc…” to count up.
Like this:
30 treinta
31 treinta y uno
40 cuarenta
42 cuarenta y dos
50 cincuenta
55 cincuenta y cinco
60 sesenta
67 sesenta y siete
70 setenta
78 setenta y ocho
80 ochenta
83 ochenta y tres
90 noventa
99 noventa y nueve
100 cien
BUT 101 ciento uno
120 ciento veinte
199 ciento noventa y nueve
Notes:
1. Pay attention to – 60=sesenta and 70= setenta (alphabetize and you’ll get it right)
2. There are 2 ways to say “hundred”.
If the number is all by itself “100” it is “cien”, but if it is mixed with another number, it’s “ciento.”
3. In English we say 105=a hundred and 5.
In Spanish, leave out the word “and” 105=ciento cinco (NOT a hundred and five)
Práctica: say these numbers out loud in random order
- 35, 48, 72, 89, 61, 96, 57, 23, 104
- 98, 99, 100, 101, 102
- 180, 150, 120, 112, 190, 160, 130, 190, 140, 175
- Fun with phone numbers! Start by saying your phone number
“número por número”, like this: 303-466-8830
Then in groups like this: 3 03 – 4 66 – 88 30
Like this: tres cero tres – cuatro sesenta y seis – ochenta y ocho treinta
En los Estados Unidos, a Spanish-speaker will group a phone number like this:
If this were your phone number, you’d say: 614-279-4162
six, fourteen, two, seventy-nine, forty-one, sixty two –seis, catorce, dos setenta y nueve, cuarenta y uno, sesenta y dos
Note: Spanish-speakers will group a phone number where we do not!
Pay attention to this grouping and numbers will be lots easier to understand!
6/14 – 2/79- 41/62
seis catorce – dos setenta y nueve – cuarenta y uno, sesenta y dos
Action Steps:
1. In your journal write a random series of numbers from 0-199, then say them aloud. (not quietly in your head)
2. Write down 5 phone numbers say them out loud using the pattern above.
3. Tune into local TV and radio to observe how phone numbers are said.
In Denver, listen to these Spanish radio stations: 92.1 FM or 96.5 FM
On the AM dial, listen to 1150 – it’s a Talk Radio Station
(once cincuenta en la frecuencia a eme)
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