Learn to count in Spanish, lesson 5

Hola! This is the final lesson on numbers! I will show you how to say the numbers in the hundreds, the thousands, and how to say the millions (don't worry, you won't be counting so much!)

Let's get right to it! It's quite a lot of information, but hopefully it's really simple and you won't have trouble understanding, as long as you've read the previous lessons. If you haven't read them, I encourage you to go read them! If you have read them, you may want to refresh your memory. You can read the previous lessons on how to count in Spanish here, here, here, and here.

The pronunciations, as always, will be in parenthesis.

If you have any doubt about Spanish pronunciation, I have a page dedicated to it with three tables I prepared to help you. You can access it by clicking the link above. You can also click here.

First let's start with the hundreds:

100- (see-ehn) Cien

200- (Doh-see-ehn-tohs) Doscientos

300- (treh-see-ehn-tohs) Trescientos

400- (coo-ah-troh-see-ehn-tohs) Cuatrocientos

500- (kee-nee-ehn-tohs) Quinientos

600- (seh-ee-see-ehn-tohs) Seiscientos

700- (seh-teh-see-ehn-tohs) Setecientos

800- (oh-cho-see-ehn-tohs) Ochocientos

900- (noh-veh-see-ehn-tohs) Novecientos

Most of these numbers end in the word 'cientos'. It's pretty easy to remember once you make this connection. To create bigger numbers, for the numbers in the hundreds it's a special case, but for the rest, the numbers are constructed in the same form.

To count in the hundreds, you need to add the word 'ciento' before the numbers. I'll show you a few, and you will be able to construct any quantity:

101- ciento uno (see-ehn-toh oo-noh)

102- ciento dos (see-ehn-toh dohs)

103- ciento tres (see-ehn-toh trehs)

120- ciento veinte (see-ehn-toh veh-een-teh)

125- ciento veinticinco (see-ehn-toh veh-een-tee-seen-coh)

198- ciento noventa y ocho (see-ehn-toh noh-vehn-tah ee oh-cho)

For the rest of the quantities in the hundreds, simply add the number. Like this:

501- quinientos uno

605- seiscientos cuatro

915- novecientos quince

772- setecientos setenta y dos

Next, the thousands. It's a really simple construct, so I'll show you a few, and with those, you will be able to say the rest:

1,000- Mil (meel)

2,000- Dos mil (dohs meel)

5,000- Cinco mil (seen-coh meel)

7,000- Siete mil (see-eh-teh meel)

12,000- Doce mil (doh-seh meel)

90,000- Noventa mil (noh-vehn-tah meel)

800,000- Ochocientos mil (oh-cho-see-ehn-tohs meel)

As you noticed, simply add the number to the word 'mil' in order to say quantities in the thousands. And to make other quantities with them, it's the same as with the hundreds; simply add the numbers. For example:

1,250- mil doscientos cincuenta

3,500- tres mil quinientos

2,005- dos mil cinco

17,026- diecisiete mil veintiséis

111,002 - ciento once mil dos

Finally, the millions! The word for million is millón (mee-john)

It's the same construct as the thousands; simply add the the number to the word millón but you have to make it plural from the number two and beyond; in plural, it becomes millones (mee-joh-nehs)

1,000,000- un millón (*As you can see, for one million, the word for the number one, uno, becomes un.)

2,000,000- dos millones

14,000,000- catorce millones

Like in the thousands, simply add the numbers in order to make bigger quantities:

1,500,000- Un millón quinientos mil

1,225,113- Un millón doscientos veinticinco mil ciento trece

That was quite a big number there!

But it really is simple; you can say any quantity once you know the basic numbers and the way to construct them. Practice saying the numbers, and reading big quantities. The more you practice, the easier it will become.

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This was the last lesson on how to say the numbers in Spanish! Of course there's more that can be said about numbers and quantities, so surely this isn't really the last you will be reading about numbers here. So hopefully now you have a better idea of how numbers work in Spanish, and hopefully I've helped you either with your class or your self-studies. I hope you have enjoyed this little series, and that you found it useful.

Any doubt, you can reach me in my Twitter page, or Facebook page. I will try to explain anything you need to know more about the numbers.

Until next time! :)