Spanish Cardinal Numbers
Cardinal Numbers
| Uno,[1] una 1 | Dos 2 | Tres 3 |
| Cuatro 4 | Cinco 5 | Seis 6 |
| Siete 7 | Ocho 8 | Nueve 9 |
| Dieze 10 |
| Once 11 | Doce 12 | Trece 13 |
| Catorce 14 | Quince 15 | Diez y seis or Dieciséis 16 |
| Diez y siete or Diecisiete 17 | Diez y ocho or Dieciocho 18 | Diez y nueve or Diecinueve 19 |
| Veinte 20 | Veinte y uno or Veintiuno[2] 21 | Veinte y dos or Veintidós, 22, etc. |
| Treinta 30 | Treinta y uno or Treintiuno, 31, etc. | Cuarenta 40 |
| Cincuenta 50 | Sesenta 60 | Setenta 70 |
| Ochenta 80 | Noventa 90 | Ciento[3] 100 |
| Ciento y uno or Cientiuno 101 | Ciento y dos or Cientidós, 102 | etc. etc. |
| Ciento diez 110 | Doscientos,-as 200 | Trescientos,-as 300 |
| Cuatrocientos,-as 400 | Quinientos,-as 500 | Seiscientos,-as 600 |
| Setecientos,-as 700 | Ochocientos,-as 800 | Novecientos,-as 900 |
| Mil 1,000 | Dos mil, etc. 2,000 | Cien[4] mil 100,000 |
| Cien mil y uno 100,001 | Cien mil y diez 100,010 | Un millón 1,000,000 |
Footnote 1: When immediately preceding a noun, "uno" becomes "un"
Footnote 2: "Ciento" becomes "cien." ("Cien" is found instead of
"ciento," even standing alone.)
"ciento," even standing alone.)
Footnote 3: The duplicate forms are common to all the tens.
Footnote 4: "Ciento" drops the "to" also before "mil"; and of course
before "millón" (a noun).]
before "millón" (a noun).]
The conjunction "and" is always used between tens and units, as:
- Veinte y una or veintiuna manzanas (21 apples)
But it is generally omitted between hundreds and tens, as:
- Doscientas treinta peras (230 pears).
"Ciento" and "mil" are not preceded by "uno" except in 101,000, 201,000,
etc., to avoid ambiguity, as:
- Doscientos mil soldados (200,000 soldiers).
- Doscientas y un mil millas (201,000 miles).
"One million inhabitants" is translated by Un millón de habitantes.
(Note: The "de" cannot be omitted.)
In the case of more than one million the word "millón" must be
plural--millones, as:
- Cien millones de hombres (one hundred million men).
As will have been observed, besides "uno," "doscientos," "trescientos,"
etc., change the os into as for the feminine.
Future Tense, Indicative Mood
| Haber.[5] | Tener.[5] | Ser.[5] | Estar. |
| Habré (I shall have, etc., auxiliary, to be used with past participles) | Tendré (I shall have, etc., denoting possession) | Seré (I shall be, etc.) (See foot-note, Lesson IV.) | Estaré (I shall be, etc.) (See foot-note, Lesson IV.) |
| Habrás | Tendrás | Serás | Estarás |
| Habrá | Tendrá | Será | Estará |
| Habremos | Tendremos | Seremos | Estaremos |
| Habréis | Tendréis | Seréis | Estaréis |
| Habrán | Tendrán | Serán | Estarán |
Conditional Mood
| Habría (I should have, etc.) | Tendría (I should have, etc.) | Sería (I should be) | Estaría (I should be) |
| Habrías | Tendrías | Serías | Estarías |
| Habría | Tendría | Sería | Estaría |
| Habríamos | Tendríamos | Seríamos | Estaríamos |
| Habríais | Tendríais | Seríais | Estaríais |
| Habrían | Tendrían | Serían | Estarían |
Footnote 5: The Future Indic. and the Cond. mood of "Haber" and
"Tener" are formed irregularly from the Infinitive mood, the "e" after
the root "Hab" being dropped, and after the root "Ten" being changed
to d.
"Tener" are formed irregularly from the Infinitive mood, the "e" after
the root "Hab" being dropped, and after the root "Ten" being changed
to d.
Footnote 6: For reference only:
Ser (and not Estar) must be used:
Ser (and not Estar) must be used:
- Before nouns
- When used impersonally
- When denoting possession
- Before Feliz, Infeliz, Rico, Pobre
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