| Welcome to Fun and Easy Spanish by SpanishPod101.com! |
| Did you know that "one billion" in American English isn’t equivalent to un billón in Spanish? |
| Stay tuned to learn the difference. |
| Hola a todos. Soy Rosa. |
| Hi everyone! I’m Rosa. |
| In this lesson, you’ll learn how to use numbers in Spanish. |
| If you want to visit Spain or plan to move to the country for good, learning how to count, write, and pronounce numbers in Spanish is a must. |
| As you already know, numbers play a very important role in all of our lives, but things can get a little complicated if you don’t know how to use numbers in a different language. Don’t worry because that’s exactly what we’re going to teach you. |
| In this video you'll learn about both cardinal and ordinal numbers in Spanish, and how to use them to say your phone number, ask for the price of items in a store, and tell the time. |
| And last but not least, let’s learn about thousands and millions. |
| They’re easier to learn than hundreds, because in this case, they do work exactly like in number + mil ("thousand") or millón ("million"). |
| The only thing you need to keep in mind, though, is that, in Spanish, big numbers are broken up with dots instead of commas. Now let’s start. |
| For the following list of numbers, we’ll use standard English conventions for the subtitles, so that there’s no confusion. |
| Dos mil |
| "Two thousand" |
| [SLOW] Dos mil |
| Dos mil |
| Dos mil uno |
| "Two thousand one" |
| [SLOW] Dos mil uno |
| Dos mil uno |
| Dos mil dieciocho |
| "Two thousand eighteen" |
| [SLOW] Dos mil dieciocho |
| Dos mil dieciocho |
| Dos mil doscientos cuarenta y cinco |
| "Two thousand four hundred five" |
| [SLOW] dos mil doscientos cuarenta y cinco |
| Dos mil doscientos cuarenta y cinco |
| Tres mil |
| "Three thousand" |
| [SLOW] Tres mil |
| Tres mil |
| Diez mil |
| "Ten thousand" |
| [SLOW] Diez mil |
| Diez mil |
| Veinte mil |
| "Twenty thousand" |
| [SLOW] Veinte mil |
| Veinte mil |
| Cuarenta y cuatro mil cien |
| "Forty four thousand one hundred" |
| [SLOW] Cuarenta y cuatro mil cien |
| Cuarenta y cuatro mil cien |
| 1,000,000 - un millón |
| One million |
| [SLOW] Un millón |
| Un millón |
| remember to use the word un in front of millón |
| Dos millones |
| "Two million" |
| [SLOW] Dos millones |
| Dos millones |
| Cuatro millones veintitrés mil ciento cincuenta |
| "Four million twenty three thousand one hundred fifty" |
| [SLOW] Cuatro millones veintitrés mil ciento cincuenta |
| Cuatro millones veintitrés mil ciento cincuenta |
| One last thing to keep in mind is that "one billion" in American English isn’t equivalent to un billón in Spanish. It is read like this: |
| Mil millones |
| "One billion" |
| [SLOW] Mil millones |
| Mil millones |
| or |
| Un millardo |
| "One billion" |
| [SLOW] Un millardo |
| Un millardo |
| Un billón, on the other hand, is |
| "One trillion" |
| [SLOW] Un billón |
| Un billón |
| Here’s an example to make it a little easier for you: In English, you would say that in the world there are over 7-billion people. In Spanish, you would have to say there are over "seven thousand million": |
| Siete mil millones. |
| "Seven billion" |
| [SLOW] Siete mil millones. |
| Siete mil millones. |
| Also important are the ordinal numbers. |
| The abbreviations for ordinal numbers is easy. You just need to write whatever number you would like to say followed by an O if it refers to something or someone masculine, or an A if it refers to a feminine noun. |
| For example, if you want to say you live on the third floor and in the second apartment, you would write 2nd and 3rd as: |
| 3o and 2a. |
| The first one refers to |
| El piso |
| "Floor" |
| [SLOW] El piso |
| El piso |
| and the second one refers to |
| La casa |
| "house," which in this case refers to the apartment. |
| [SLOW] La casa |
| La casa |
| So let’s now say the ordinal numbers in order. |
| Primero / Primera |
| "First" |
| [SLOW] Primero / Primera |
| Primero / Primera |
| Segundo / Segunda |
| "Second" |
| [SLOW] Segundo / Segunda |
| Segundo / Segunda |
| Tercero / Tercera |
| "Third" |
| [SLOW] Tercero / Tercera |
| Tercero / Tercera |
| Cuarto / Cuarta |
| "Fourth" |
| [SLOW] Cuarto / Cuarta |
| Cuarto / Cuarta |
| Quinto / Quinta |
| "Fifth" |
| [SLOW] Quinto / Quinta |
| Quinto / Quinta |
| Sexto / Sexto |
| "Sixth" |
| [SLOW] Sexto / Sexto |
| Sexto / Sexto |
| Séptimo / Séptima |
| "Seventh" |
| [SLOW] Séptimo / Séptima |
| Séptimo / Séptima |
| Octavo / Octava |
| "Eight" |
| [SLOW] Octavo / Octava |
| Octavo / Octava |
| Noveno / Novena |
| "Ninth" |
| [SLOW] Noveno / Novena |
| Noveno / Novena |
| Décimo / Décima |
| "Tenth" |
| [SLOW] Décimo / Décima |
| Décimo / Décima |
| Now let us learn how to give your phone number to someone. |
| Here is a great example: |
| A: ¿Me puedes dar tu número de teléfono? |
| "Could you give me your phone number?" |
| [SLOW] ¿Me puedes dar tu número de teléfono? |
| ¿Me puedes dar tu número de teléfono? |
| B: Claro. Mi número es 612 934 213 (seis uno dos, nueve tres cuatro, dos uno tres). |
| "Of course. My number is 612 934 213." |
| [SLOW] Claro. Mi número es 612 934 213. |
| Claro. Mi número es 612 934 213. |
| Let’s see how the numbers change in the context of prices and shopping. |
| In Spanish, decimal numbers are expressed with a comma instead of a dot. So instead of saying 2.7 (two point seven), you will say |
| dos coma siete |
| "Literally, two comma seven" |
| [SLOW] Dos coma siete |
| Dos coma siete |
| You don’t necessarily need to pronounce the word ‘coma’ even though it is what’s written. |
| The currency in Spain is the Euro so we always place the euro sign (€) after the number. When talking about prices, you can read the comma as con which means "with," and use the word céntimos for "cents". |
| The following example will help you understand this better: |
| Disculpa, ¿cuánto cuesta esta libreta? |
| "Excuse me, how much does this notebook cost?" |
| [SLOW] Disculpa, ¿cuánto cuesta esta libreta? |
| Disculpa, ¿cuánto cuesta esta libreta? |
| The answer could be |
| Cuesta un euro con cincuenta céntimos. |
| "It costs €1.50." |
| [SLOW] Cuesta un euro con cincuenta céntimos. |
| Cuesta un euro con cincuenta céntimos. |
| Now we’ll learn how to tell the time. |
| In the following examples, you will notice that all of the phrases begin with |
| la |
| or |
| las. |
| La |
| is an article that means "the." |
| This is how you say the time in Spanish: |
| La una [en punto] |
| "One o’clock" |
| [SLOW] La una [en punto] |
| La una [en punto] |
| Las dos y diez |
| "Ten past two" |
| [SLOW] Las dos y diez |
| Las dos y diez |
| Las ocho menos cuarto |
| "Quarter to eight" |
| [SLOW] Las ocho menos cuarto |
| Las ocho menos cuarto |
| Las dos [en punto] |
| "Two o’clock" |
| [SLOW] Las dos [en punto] |
| Las dos [en punto] |
| Las siete y cuarto |
| "Quarter past seven" |
| [SLOW] Las siete y cuarto |
| Las siete y cuarto |
| Las doce menos siete |
| "Seven to twelve" |
| [SLOW] Las doce menos siete |
| Las doce menos siete |
| Las diez y cinco |
| "Five past ten" |
| [SLOW] Las diez y cinco |
| Las diez y cinco |
| Las cuatro y media |
| "Half past four" |
| [SLOW] Las cuatro y media |
| Las cuatro y media |
| Las tres menos cinco |
| "Five to three" |
| [SLOW] Las tres menos cinco |
| Las tres menos cinco |
| Here’s a quick example of telling the time in a conversation: |
| A: ¿Qué hora es? |
| "What time is it?" |
| [SLOW] ¿Qué hora es? |
| ¿Qué hora es? |
| B: (Son) las dos menos cuarto. |
| "It's a quarter to two." |
| [SLOW] (Son) las dos menos cuarto. |
| (Son) las dos menos cuarto. |
| In this lesson, you learned how to say numbers in Spanish, how to say ordinal numbers, how to give your phone number, how to say prices when shopping, and how to tell the time. |
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| That’s it for today! See you next time! |
| ¡Hasta la próxima! |
| See you next time! |
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