LinguaThree things you can count now
This unit gave you the numbers up to one hundred, the clock and the calendar. They rest on the same small set of words, so this checkpoint puts the three systems side by side: how a number is built, how an hour is said, and which little word goes before a day, a date or a month.
| Range | How it is built | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 0–15 | one word each, learned by heart | quince |
| 16–29 | one glued word: dieci- / veinti- + unit | veintidós |
| 30–99 | tens + y + unit, three words | treinta y dos |
| 100 | cien, on its own | cien años |
The traps of the numbers
| You want to say | Say | Not |
|---|---|---|
| 21 years | veintiún años | veintiuno años |
| 21 people | veintiuna personas | veintiún personas |
| exactly 100 | cien | ciento |
| 32 | treinta y dos | treinta dos |
The clock in one table
| On the clock | You say |
|---|---|
| 1:00 | es la una |
| 2:15 | son las dos y cuarto |
| 2:30 | son las dos y media |
| 2:45 | son las tres menos cuarto |
| 9:00 in the evening | son las nueve de la noche |
| the class is at 8:00 | la clase es a las ocho |
Days and dates: el, los, en, or nothing
| You want to say | Say |
|---|---|
| on Monday (this one) | el lunes |
| on Mondays (every week) | los lunes |
| today is Monday | hoy es lunes |
| on the 3rd of May | el 3 de mayo |
| in May | en mayo |
| when is your birthday? | ¿cuándo es tu cumpleaños? |
¿Cuántos años tiene Marta? – Tiene cuarenta y dos años.How old is Marta? – She is forty-two.
La clase de español es los martes a las seis y media de la tarde.The Spanish class is on Tuesdays at half past six in the evening.
Words in this lesson
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| quince | fifteen | Hay quince estudiantes en la clase. There are fifteen students in the class. |
| treinta | thirty | Junio tiene treinta días. June has thirty days. |
| cien | a hundred | Cien años es un siglo. A hundred years is a century. |
| ¿cuántos? | how many? (masculine) | ¿Cuántos días tiene el mes? How many days does the month have? |
| tener años | to be (a number of) years old | Mi amigo tiene veintidós años. My friend is twenty-two years old. |
| ¿qué hora es? | what time is it? | ¿Qué hora es en México? What time is it in Mexico? |
| y media | half past | La película es a las nueve y media. The film is at half past nine. |
| menos cuarto | a quarter to | Son las ocho menos cuarto. It is a quarter to eight. |
| el lunes | Monday | El lunes es el primer día de la semana. Monday is the first day of the week. |
| el cumpleaños | birthday | Mi cumpleaños es en mayo. My birthday is in May. |
Exercises
This lesson has 10 exercises in the app:
- multiple choice: 3
- match the pairs: 1
- fill the gap: 2
- build the sentence: 1
- translate the sentence: 2
- listen and type: 1
Try the first one
How do you say 58?
The answer, the other exercises, the audio and your progress are in the app – free at A0 and A1.