The Numbers 101–3,000,000

we simply start with the numbers two, three, four, etc. . . .

The Multiples of One Hundred We already know that one hundred is . . .

cien To form the multiples of one hundred,

dos tres

and add cientos

cientos cientos

cuatro cientos cinco

Five hundred, seven hundred and nine hundred are exceptions.

We don’t say cincocientos, but rather . . . quinientos *

100 200 300 400 500

The Multiples of One Hundred

seis

ocho

cientos

cientos siete

We don’t say sietecientos, but rather . . . setecientos *

nueve We don’t say nuevecientos, but rather . . . novecientos *

mil

600 700 800 900

1000 Notice that we simply say “thousand,” not “one thousand.”

(mil, not un mil)

100

101

cien

ciento uno

cien = 100 even

110 ciento diez ciento quince, etc. 115

cien > ciento with any number over 100 even

Notice that “y” (and) is not used between the hundreds’ and tens’ places.

The Larger Numbers

ciento treinta y uno

ciento cincuenta y siete

131

157

The Larger Numbers “Y” is used, however, between the tens’ and ones’ places when there is a digit other than 0 in the tens’ place.

248

591

888

doscientos cuarenta y ocho quinientos noventa y uno ochocientos ochenta y ocho

The Larger Numbers See if you can write and say the following

numbers in Spanish.

dos mil siete mil veinte mil cien mil quinientos mil

The Multiples of One Thousand

mil 1000 2000 7000 20.000 100.000 500.000

The multiples of one thousand are formed simply by the counting numbers two, three, seven, etc. plus mil. Mil is

invariable when used for counting. (Remember, one thousand is just mil.)

Notice that a decimal point is used with large numbers instead of a comma as in English.

1492 fourteen hundred ninety-two

The Larger Numbers With one thousand and its multiples in combination with hundreds, we must spell and read the number starting with the number of thousands and then the number of hundreds, since there is no way in Spanish to say fourteen hundred, thirty-five hundred, etc.

mil cuatrocientos noventa y dos (one thousand four hundred ninety-two)

In English we can say:

In Spanish we must say:

1810 2525

mil ochocientos diez dos mil quinientos veinticinco

1789 mil setecientos ochenta y nueve

3008 tres mil ocho

The Larger Numbers–some practice

1984

1111

mil novecientos ochenta y cuatro

mil ciento once 2001 dos mil uno 9090 nueve mil noventa

1100 mil cien

The Larger Numbers–some practice

999.999

1.000.000

2.000.000 3.000.000

novecientos noventa y nueve mil novecientos noventa y nueve

un millón

dos millones tres millones

As opposed to one thousand, one million is expressed with the indefinite article un.

Multiples of one million are expressed with the counting number and the plural form millones. Notice that the plural form loses the written accent.

The Larger Numbers

uno dos tres cuatro veinte cuarenta cien

doscientos quinientos mil tres mil un millón cien millones etc.

Counting numbers are always invariable

1

2

the multiples of one hundred un, una

But some numbers agree in gender when used as adjectives

740.361 libros setecientos cuarenta mil trescientos sesenta y un libros

740.361 plumas setecientas cuarenta mil trescientas sesenta y una plumas

The numbers as adjectives

millón, millones + de before a noun

BUT only with round numbers.

87.000.000 libros ochenta y siete millones de libros

BUT . . . 87.000.022 libros

Millón and millones are followed by de when used with a noun.

ochenta y siete millones veintidós libros

FIN