CSG320

Numbers

309

31	treinta y uno	100	ciento (cień)
32	treinta y dos	101	ciento uno, una
33	treinta y tres	200	doscientos/doscientas
34	treinta y cuatro	300	trescientos / trescientas
35	treinta y cinco	400	cuatrocientos/ cuatrocientas
36	treinta y seis	500	quinientos/ quinientas
3?	treinta y siete	600	seiscientos/seiscientas
38	treinta y ocho	700	setecientos /setecientas
39	treinta y nueve	800	ochocientos/ ochocientas
40	cuarenta	900	novecientos/ novecientas
50	cincuenta	1.000	mil
60	sesenta	2.000	dos mil
70	setenta	100.000	cień mil
80	ochenta	1.000.000	un milion
90	noventa	1.000.000.000	mil millones

Cardinal numbers may be used as adjectives or pronouns. If they precede a noun, they function

as an adjective. Notę the following rules for the use of Cardinal numbers in Spanish:

•    Instead of commas, Spanish uses periods to indicate the value of units, and commas instead of periods to indicate decimals.

Recibimos 12.532 votos.    We got 12,532 votes.

Este libro cuesta $22,30.    This book costs $22.30.

•    If a number ending in uno (one) precedes a noun, it agrees with that noun in gender. The masculine form drops the -o and the feminine changes to uiia. Ali other numbers are invariable.

No tengo veintiun dólares.    I do not have twenty-one dollars.

Hay treinta y una seńoras esperando. There are thirty-one women waiting.

Notę the accent mark on veintiun in the first example above.

•    The numbers 16 to 19 and 21 to 29 may be spelled in two ways: in one word or with three words, as in dieciseis or diez y seis. The one-word spelling requires an accent mark and reflects contemporary spelling preference.

El dieciocho es mi numero favorito.    Eighteen is my favońte number.

•    Use y to separate tens and units only. Notę the different construction in the English equivalent.

Tienes treinta y siete anos solamente. You are only thirty-seven years old.

Pagaron cuatrocientos cuarenta y    They paidfour hundred and forty-five dollars.

cinco dólares.

•    If a noun does not follow the number, a number ending in uno does not change to un. The noun omitted is understood from previous information.

^Cuantos chicos hay en esta clase?    How many boys are there in this class?

Treinta y uno.    Thirty-one.

•    Compounds that end in -ciento also agree with the noun that follows them.

Trajeron doscientas esmeraldas    They brought two hundred Colombian

emeralds.

colombianas.