LOS NÚMEROSDE 100 HASTA UN MILLON

POR MARTA MAYER

2015

100

CIEN

200

DOSCIENTOS

300

TRESCIENTOS

400

CUATROCIENTOS

500

QUINIENTOS

600

SEISCIENTOS

700

SETECIENTOS

800

OCHOCIENTOS

900

NOVECIENTOS

1. PUNCTUACIÓN

WHERE NUMBERS IN ENGLISH USE COMMAS, SPANISH USES PERIODS!

WHERE NUMBERS IN ENGLISH USE PERIODS, SPANISH USES COMMAS!

.

IN ENGLISH EN ESPAÑOL

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A PICTURE IS WORTH A 1,000 WORDS.

UN IMAGEN VALE 1.000 PALABRAS.

THE DESIGNER DRESS COSTS $5,000.

EL VESTIDO DE MARCA CUESTA $5.000.

2. “Y” is used only between 31 and 99

CUARENTA Y CINCO PARES DE ZAPATOS 45 PAIRS OF SHOES

NOVENTA Y NUEVE DOLARES99 DOLLARS

BUT CIENTO VEINTE SANDALIAS

120 SANDALS MIL DOSCIENTOS CINTURONES 1,2OO

BELTS

3. GENDER AGREEMENT IS DONE ONLY IN NUMBERS ENDING IN “-OS”

JUST LIKE THE NUMBER “UNO” AGREES IN GENDER WITH ITS NOUN, NUMBERS FROM 200 – 999 AGREE IN GENDER WITH THEIR NOUNS.

EXAMPLES:

DOSCIENTOS ABRIGOS 200 COATS

DOSCIENTAS SUDADERAS 200 SWEATSHIRTS

QUINIENTOS TRAJES DE BAÑO 500 BATHING SUITS

SETECIENTAS NOVENTA Y NUEVE GORRAS 799 (VISOR) CAPS

4. ALMOST ALWAYS USE “CIENTO”

YES, “CIEN” IS USED, BUT ONLY:

A) WHEN SAYING EXACTLY “ONE HUNDRED” ITEMS

100 SHOES CIEN ZAPATOS

B) WHEN COUNTING (REALLY, THIS IS SAME REASON AS A)

98, 99, 100 NOVENTA Y OCHO, NOVENTA Y NUEVE, CIEN

C) WHEN SAYING “ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND”100.000 CIEN MIL

5. MILLIONS AND THE USE OF “DE”

YOU USE “DE” BETWEEN “MILLON(ES)” AND A NOUN

ONLY WHEN EXPRESSING EXACT NUMBERS OF MILLIONS OF THINGS

WHEN SAYING EXACTLY A MILLION OR 2 MILLION OR 3 MILLION, ETC.

1 MILLION SHOES UN MILLÓN DE ZAPATOS

2 MILLION SHOES DOS MILLONES DE ZAPATOS

BUT NOT IF IT’S NOT EXACTLY ONE MILLION OR 2 MILLION, ETC.

1 MILLION AND 10 SHOES UN MILLÓN Y DIEZ ZAPATOS

2 MILLION AND 5 SHOES DOS MILLONES Y CINCO ZAPATOS

DATO EXTRA---EXTRA FACT

Un millón tiene acento,

pero dos millones no tiene acento.

¿Por qué?

PORQUE….

IN SPANISH WORDS,

THE NATURAL ACCENT OR PAUSE IN PRONUNCIATION

ALWAYS OCCURS NATURALLY IN THE

SECOND-TO-LAST SYLLABLE (la penúltima silaba)

…SO IT IS NOT NEEDED!Un millón but dos millonesUn ratón but dos ratones