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Here’s this week’s transcript!
Welcome back, mis amigos.
This week we’re going to learn numbers and a few key phrases. You can find the transcript on my website at tobidoyle.com if you want to look up the spelling.
Also, I need to explain that all languages have expressions, or sayings that we use everyday without thinking about them. For that reason, literal translations don’t always work.
For example, “Me llamo Tobi,” means I’m Tobi, or my name is Tobi, but it literally translates to I call myself Tobi. Which, if you’re from the United States just sounds weird. But here’s the thing, we use expressions, too. We don’t actually drop our kids off at school, because that would mean we’re releasing our children from a height and hoping for the best. Which, honestly, yeah, some days I totally wanted to drop the kids, but hey we all survived and therapy is a sound investment.
Anyway, the point is key phrases that we’ll use can’t be literally translated.
Such as, when you tell someone you’re 21 years old in Spanish — Tengo veintiuno años. Which literally translates to “I have 21 years.”
Años, with a nya sound. Not anos. Those are buttholes.
Repeat after me:
Zero – Cero
One – Uno
Two – Dos
Three – Tres
Four – Cuatro
Five – Cinco
Six – Seis
Seven – Siete
Eight – Ocho
Nine – Nueve
Ten – Diez
Eleven – Once
Twelve – Doce
Thirteen – Trece
Fourteen – Catorce
Fifteen – Quince
Sixteen – Dieciséis
Seventeen – Diecisiete
Eighteen – Dieciocho
Nineteen – Diecinueve
Twenty – Veinte
Okay, let’s practice some phrases
I’d like two tacos, please. Me gusta dos tacos, por favor.
Five golden rings – cinco anillos dorados
Three beers – tres cervezas
Six yellow violets – seis violetas amarillas
Remember the adjectives go after the noun, but the number goes in front. I don’t know why, it just does.
More numbers, repeat after me:
Twenty – Veinte
Twenty-One – Veintiuno
Twenty-Two – Veintidós
Twenty-Three – Veintitrés
Twenty-Four – Veinticuatro
Twenty-Five – Veinticinco
Twenty-Six – Veintiséis
Twenty-Seven – Veintisiete
Twenty-Eight – Veintiocho
Twenty-Nine – Veintinueve
Thirty – Treinta
Thirty- One – Treinta y Uno
Today is January 25. Hoy es el veinicinco de enero.
My birthday is March 5. Mi cumpleaños es el cinco de marzo.
There are 31 days in November. Hay treinta y uno días en noviembre.
I’m 22 years old. Tengo veintidos años.
Okay, let’s count by tens…
Ten – Diez
Twenty – Veinte
Thirty – Treinta
Forty – Cuarenta
Fifty – Cincuenta
Sixty – Sesenta
Seventy – Setenta
Eighty – Ochenta
Ninety – Noventa
One Hundred – Cien
200 – Doscientos
300 – Trescientos
400 – Cuatrocientos
500 – Quinientos
600 – Seiscientos
700 – Setecientos
800 – Ochocientos
900 – Novecientos
1000 – Mil
1001 – Mil Uno
2000 – Dos Mil
2019 – Dos Mil Diecinueve
100,000 – Cien Mil
1,000,000 – Millón
I promise you, I am 18 years old. – Te prometo, tengo dieciocho años.
How old are you, papí? ¿Cuantos años tienes, papí?
I’m 33 years old. Tengo treinta y tres años.
It costs 200 dollars. – Cuesta doscientos dólares.
I’ll pay you $150 dollars. Te pago ciento cincuenta dólares.
And for funsies…
If a dude is behaving like an adolescent idiot, you would say: Él es la edad del pavo.
Test time!
I am 25 years old. Tengo veinticinco años.
My papí is 50. Mi papí tiene cincuenta años.
There are 5 buttholes. Hay cinco anos.
I have 12 violets. Tengo doce violetas.
I would like 8 pizzas, please. Me gusta ocho pizzas, por favor.
Seven enchiladas. Siete enchiladas.
2019. Dos mil diecinueve.
I really hope you enjoyed this week’s lesson of numbers. Join me next week, we’ll be describing wood. Trust me, you’ll thank me later.
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