All of the numbers in the forties, fifties, sixties, seventies, eighties, and nineties work the same way as in the thirties:. Technically ciento means "one hundred" in Spanish, but its shortened form, cien , is preferred when there are exactly of something:.
You may have noticed there is no longer any y. If there is nothing in the 10's place, we don't use "y. And we don't un mil ; it's simply mil :. Note: In compound numbers, Use ciento if the number that follows is smaller than 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:. I recommend you follow these steps to get all the numbers into your head:. Want to learn Spanish fast? Then check out our favourite Spanish course, SpanishPod It includes fun, easy to follow lessons on Spanish numbers. Note that you don't need to add y after ciento — it's ciento uno , not ciento y uno. Note: 1, is mil , not un mil. The only time you'll see un mil is in numbers like cuarenta y un mil 41, You need to put an un in this number to distinguish it from cuarenta mil 40, Sadly, things aren't that simple.
Not everyone does it like this! Rather than multiplying by a thousand each time, you multiply by a million. By the way, in the past, American English used the short-scale system while British English used the long-scale system. This is no longer true — all dialects of English now use the short-scale system. So how do you say Spanish numbers?
If you have trouble pronouncing the words, then take a listen to this video:. When you think about it, those two phrases mean the same thing; the only difference is in emphasis. In Spain, for many centuries the Roman numeration system dominated.
In the 8th century, Leonardo de Pisa, who had traveled through the. Middle East, introduced the Indo-Arabic system to Europe. In Spain, this numeration system appeared in manuscripts as early as AD. Towards the year , the system was already in place and used clearly in mathematical texts.
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