LOS NÚMEROS DE 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 $7.99 $7,99 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 DOLARES 99 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 millones Un ratón but dos ratones