BS CP3 The Spanish Alphabet and The Numbers

El Alfabeto Español yLos Numeros

Conjugated depended on subj, pronoun F efe Falcificar To forge

G ge Gigante Giant
Tienes present, personal pronun YOU
H Hache (ahce Hola Hi
Tener I I Iniciar To begin
J Jota (hota Jefe Chief/Boss
ser K Ka Kilometro Kilometer
L ele Labial Lipstick
Ll Elle (eye Llagae Wound
cuanto anos tienes? Yo tengo diecinueve M Eme Madre Mother
N Ene Nombre Name
Ñ Eñe Ñoño Weakling
OBJETIVOS: O O Obtener To obtain
P Pe Padre Father
1.Recognize the letters and pronunciation of the Spanish Q Cu Que What
alphabet. R Ere Rapido Quick
Rr Erre(eRRe Perro Dog
(Reconocer las letras y la pronunciación del alfabeto
S Ese Si Yes
español.)
T Te Tranquilo Relax
2. Translate English numbers into Spanish. U U Ultimo Last
V Uve vivir To live
(Traduce números del inglés al español.) W Uve doble Waflera Waffle maker
(doble u
3. State the letters of the Spanish alphabet and days of the
X equis Xilografia Woodcut
week.
Y ye (I griega) Y And
(Indique las letras del alfabeto español y los días de Z seta Zapatos Shoes
la semana.)

4. Tell the time in Spanish. The pronunciation in Spanish is relatively straightforward.

Since there are some rules that are applicable almost all the
(Decir la hora en español.)
time, you can be sure how to pronounce a Spanish word.

As we can see from the previous page, the alphabet is also

The Spanish Alphabet (El Alfabeto Español)
Introduction
The topic presents the Spanish alphabet, also known as
abecedario. Familiarize yourself with the spelling and
pronunciation of the letters, memorize them and practice
pronouncing these letters because this lesson will be an
important foundation of your Spanish language education.
very similar to English, hence it is easy to overcome the
pronunciation of Spanish words, particularly for English
speakers. You can pronounce almost any “w” after you
learned how a letter is pronounced Let us discuss these
letters one by one.
H: The letter h is not pronounced at all in Spanish.
Examples: hola, ahora, hablar, hermano, hijo.

Letter Pronunciation Word Example English

Translation
B and V:
A a Ahora Now
B be Biblioteca Library Perhaps the strangest thing for a beginning student is
C ce Carcajada Loud laugh discovering that “b” and “v” sounds in Spanish are the
Ch che Chico Boy same.
D de Decider To decide
E e Entonces So
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In Spanish there is no “v” sound similar to English “v”. •https://www.youtube.com/watch?

Essentially one pronounces the letters “b” and “v” as "b”. v=hsLYD1Jyf3A&list=PLkjyx6Il3YUYu8keDy69o589xvc89
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 If the letter “b” or “v” is at the beginning of the Video 1

word, its pronunciation is very close to that of the
Learn how to say the letters and sounds in Spanish
“English b”.
a Ah de Ana
 If “b” or “v” is not the first letter of the word,
B Beh de Burro
make a sound as if you are going to say “b” but
C Sehde Cesar /s/
don't touch the lips with each other.
Sehde Casa /k/
J: To pronounce “j”, make an h sound which comes from D Deh deh dedo
throat. E Eh de Eduardo
F Ejfeh de foco
G: There are two ways to pronounce Spanish “g”. G Heh de gato
de genero
 If it is followed by “e” or “”i”, as in general and
H Ahche de historia
gigante, then it is pronounced as the Spanish “j”
C Cheh de churro
(see above).
h
 If “g” is followed by “a” or “u”, then it is I Ee de Ines
pronounced as guitar is pronounced in English. The J Hota de julio
Spanish words gorilla and guitarra fall into this K Kah de kilo
category. L Eleh de loco loca
Ll Ehhye doble l de Lluvia
M Ehme de mama
N Ehne de no
C: Spanish “c” can be pronounced in two ways as well:
Ñ De niño
If it is followed by “e” or “i”, it is pronounced as O Oh de ola
“z”. Examples: cinco, cero. P Peh de pedro
Q Koo de pedro
 If it is followed by “a”, “o” or “u”, it is R Ehre de (Ramon) (Arena)
pronounced as “k” as in kilo in English. Rr De de (Perro)
S Ehse de sol
Examples: casa, coche.
T teh de Tonto
U Ooo de huracan
V Unbeh de vaca
CH: It is pronounced as one pronounces “chair” in English. W Doble u de Washington
LL: To pronounce “ll”, make a y sound. X Ehquia de Mexico
Y Ee griyega de voy caray yo vaya
Ñ: One makes an “ny” sound to pronounce ñ. z Sehta de zanahoria

X: The letter “x” is pronounced as in English. The

exceptional words are: Mexico and mexicano/a. Here, x is
pronounced as the Spanish “j” • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fporIAdys9A

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• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q0trazOUhw TOPIC 2 The Numbers : Los Numeros

The letters C, K, S, Z in Spanish Introduction

c - /s/ seh or /k/ kah We are likely to accept the amount is an extremely
important part of our lives. Some of us don't have to do
C
complex math on a daily basis, unless it's part of your job
A – casa /k/ houese description. We will all use numbers all the time, though,
whether you like them or not. We all watch the clock
E – cero /s/ zero
several times a day, go shopping and check the prices of the
I – Cielo /s/ sky items.

O – cosa /k/ thank Occasionally we all need to count items, too. We can count
our income, or how many cartons of milk we've left, or how
U – cuerpo /k/ body many steps are left from your house’s entrance to your
place, or maybe how many days are left before a special
occasion.
If c is together with E, I sound is /s/ (seh
In this subject, we'll teach you everything you need to know
C – e, I - /s/ about using Spanish numbers, including how to count,
write, and pronounce Spanish numbers from 1 to 100 and
above!
If c is together with A, O, U sound is /k/ (kah

C - , a, o, u /k/ Numbers 0 – 9

Let's begin with fundamentals. Normally one of the first

things you 're learning in Spanish is how to count from 0 to
1. C–s–z
10, so you may already know that, but we're just going to
2. C–q–k
demonstrate it here. (After all, they are some of the most
important numbers in studying Spanish!
Key Point:
0 Cero 6 Seis
Spanish alphabet is somewhat different from the English 1 Uno 7 Siete
alphabet that we are familiar with in various aspects such 2 Dos 8 Ocho
as spelling and pronunciation. However, you might find 3 Tres 9 Nueve
Spanish alphabet interesting because of its similarities with 4 cuatro 5 cinco
Philippine alphabet.

Definition of Terms: Numbers 10 – 99

Abecedario – a term used to denote Spanish alphabet. It is time a few more numbers were known. Just so you
know, numbers start following a simple trend once we hit
number 16, even though it can seem confusing at first.
That's why we'll start by describing the hardest one first,
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and then guarantee the next numbers will be amazingly However, there are things you need to keep in mind:
easy to understand.
1. Note that 100 is cien, but in any other number that
1. Z – C: The first adjustment is the “z” we had in follows it shifts to “centa” and the next number
the word diez, which translates into a c in dieciséis, follows. For example, 101 is “ciento uno” and 187
as well as the words for the numbers that follow will be “ciento ochenta y siete”.
(diecisiete, dieciocho ...). Don't let this get you
confused, you’re great. In Spanish, the letter c in 2. Thousands are written in a single word, unlike in
front of the vowels “e” and I have exactly the same English. For instance, doscientos (one word) = "two
sound as “z” (which is like the "th" sound in hundred." That follows, however, functions as it
"thanks"), while it will have a k sound any other does in English: a space and then the next number
time. will usually be written in the same way. For
example, in Spanish, "eight hundred forty-two"
Also, we don't use the letter “z” in front of those
would be “ocho cientos cuarenta y dos” in Spanish.
two vowels for certain reasons. What is the letter
which is after c in this case? That's right, a 1
3. The word "hundred" doesn't shift in English,
meaning that it has exactly the same tone as in diez.
whether it is a hundred, two hundred, or four
2. Y – I: The second update is a different letter, and hundred. In Spanish, this does change a little: if it's
it is very similar to the previous one. In Spanish the 156, for instance, we'll say “ciento cincuenta y seis”,
word for "and" is y, and if we were to bring but if it's 470, we'll say “cuatrocientos setenta”. See
together these words, it would look like this: what we are talking about? Because of a hundred,
diecyséis. when it's over a hundred, we add the letter s at the
end to make it plural, so it will be “cientos”.
The combination of letters c + y in Spanish is exceedingly
rare, and in fact it only occurs in a few foreign words such
4. Often, the number in front of cientos would be the
as cyan. That's why, it switches to I to make it look more
very same word that we learned at the beginning,
elegant.
like cuatrocientos (400) or ochocientos (800), but
Now that we have seen the highest, let's look at the rest of there are some that are a little different. They are
the numbers that are higher than 16. Did you find that there setecientos (700) and novecientos (900), using the
are always ten, or twenty, or thirty followed by y and a terms siete (7) and nueve (9) not necessarily. The
different number? This is the trend that we have been most common is quinientos (500), which sounds
talking about. With tens and twenties, these words are very common from cinco (5) and doesn’t even end
written together as we have seen before, and can indicate in cientos.
some shifts, but once we enter the thirties, they begin to be
written separately, so that it becomes much simpler. 5. The words for hundreds, depending on the noun
they are modifying, may be masculine or feminine.
For example, if we're talking about 300 T-shirts,
10 Diez 21 Veintiuno 40 Cuarenta because in Spanish that's a feminine term, we 'd say
11 Once 22 Veintidos 42 Cuarenta y dos trescientas camisetas, but if we're talking about 300
12 Doce 23 Veintitres 50 Cincuenta
dishes, we 're going to say trescientos platos. If you
13 Trece 24 Veinticuatro 53 Cincuenta y tres
are just counting, since the number is not related to
14 Catorce 25 Veintecinco 60 Sesenta
any noun, you need not worry about its gender.
15 Quince 26 Veintiseis 64 Sesenta y cuatro
16 Dieciseis 27 Veintisiete 70 Setenta
17 Diecisiete 28 Veintiocho 75 Setenta y cinco
18 Dieciocho 29 Veintinueve 80 Ochenta
19 Diecinueve 30 Treinta 90 Noventa
20 Veinte 31 Treinta y uno 100 Cien
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100 Cien
101 Ciento uno Have you thought knowing • 1,000,000,000 = mil millones or un millardo = “one
102 Ciento dos numbers as high as 1,000 billion”
103 Ciento tres
wasn't enough? We
110 Ciento diez • 1,000,000,000,000 = un billón = “one trillion”
covered you. It happens
111 Ciento once
that thousands and We are sure you are probably hoping you're never going to
135 Ciento treinta y
millions are easier than have to refer to those figures in Spanish, but here's a
cinco
hundreds, because in this concrete example: in English, you'd say there are over 7
200 Dos cientos
case they work exactly as in billion people in the world. However, in Spanish, you
201 Dos cientos uno
English: number + mil would have to say there are over “siete mil millones”.
300 Tres cientos
400 Cuatro cientos ('thousand') or millón
500 Quinientos ('million').
600 Seiscientos Ordinal Numbers
For now, there's only one
700 Setecientos
thing you need to keep in It's very easy to write abbreviations when it comes to
800 Ochocientos
mind: In Spanish, large ordinal numbers, since they don't change from number to
900 novecientos
numbers are broken up number just as they do in English. All you need to do is
1, Mil
with circles, rather than write down whatever number you need followed by “o” if
000
commas. We will use the it refers to something or anybody male, or if it has a
English standard in the list feminine connection.
of numbers below so there is no ambiguity, 2,345,392,203
will be written in Spanish for example, 2,345,392.203. For example, if you want to convey that you live on the
third floor, in the second apartment, you'd have to write in
1, 001 Mil uno an address: 3o 2a. The first refers to El Piso ("floor") and the
1, 100 Mil cien second refers to La Casa ("house" but refers to the
1, 234 Mil doscientos treinta y cuatro apartment).
2, 000 Dos mil
2, 001 Dos mil uno
Numeros ordinals Espanol
2, 020 Dos mil veinti
3, 000 Tres mil
1st Primero/primera
5, 678 Cinco mil seiscientos setenta y ocho
2nd Segundo/segunda
10, 000 Diez mil
3rd Tercero/tercera
30, 000 Treinta mil
4th Cuatro/cuatra
100, 000 Cien mil
5th Quinto/quinta
200, 000 Dos cientos mil
6th Sexto/sexta
512, 000 Quinientos doce mil
7th Septimo/septima
1, 000, 000 Un millon
8th Octavo/octava
2, 000, 000 Dos millones
9th Novena/novena
2, 345, 678 Dos millones trescientos
10th Decimo/decima
Cuarenta y cinco mil
Dedmo/dedma
Seiscientos setenta y ocho

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confusing, but sadly an American "one billion" is not the
equivalent of a Spanish un billón. Yes, we say exactly what Learn how to say numbers in Spanish.
you've just been hearing. Let us be a little more concrete:
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A: “What time is it?”

B: “It’s a quarter to two.”

Telling Time

There are some notable differences between specifying the Saying Dates
time in Spanish and English. For example, you'll probably
Note that in Spanish, as in most languages (and unlike in
note that all sentences start with “la” or “las” in the
American English), we describe the day first and then the
following list. In case you don't know that yet, “la” is an
month afterwards. Another distinction is that we usually
article that means "the." It's a feminine word, to be a little
don't use ordinal numbers, although that is always an
more precise. It's not like time is feminine or something,
option; if we want to refer to April 3, we are going to say
even though the word “hora”, meaning "time," is feminine,
tres de abril instead of tercero de abril.
but when we need to say what time it is in Spanish, we’ll
always use a feminine article. You may have already noticed and because we can see in
the explanations below, months and days of the week in
Since Spanish is a pro-drop language (meaning we prefer
Spanish are not written out in capital letters as they are in
not to use the subject when speaking), we don't need to
English.
start the sentence with a pronoun as in English ("its half
past five"). We can start with the verb “ser” in its proper Example:
conjugation (do not be afraid, it's really easy) or directly
A: ¿Qué día es hoy?
with the article we just mentioned, followed by the time.
B: (Es) miércoles dos de mayo.
1:00 → Es la una [en punto] One o’clock

1:15 → Es la una menos cuarto. It is a quarter to one

Translation:
2:00 → Las dos [en punto] Two o’clock
A: “What day is it today?”
2:10 → Son las dos y diez Ten past two
B: “It’s Wednesday, May the 2nd.”
2:55 → Las tres menos cinco Five to three

3:15 → Son las tres y quince minutos. It is three fifteen

Example:
4:30 → Las cuatro y media Half past four
A: ¿Cuándo es tu cumpleaños?
7:15 → Las siete y cuarto Quarter past seven
B: (Es) el dieciséis de noviembre.
7:45 → Son las ocho menos cuarto Quarter to eight

10:05 → Las diez y cinco Five past ten

Translation:
11:53 → Las doce menos siete Seven to twelve
A: “When is your birthday?
12:00 → Son las doce en punto it is twelve o’clock
B: “It’s on November the 16th.”
12:30 →Son las doce y media It is half past twelve.

Example:

A: ¿Qué hora es?

B: (Son) las dos menos cuarto.

Translation:
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Sabado Saturday
Domingo Sunday
Fin de semana Weekend

Basic Math Season (temporada)

Spring Primavera
Some stuff, thankfully, do not shift from language to Summer Verano
language. Could Autumn otoňo
winter Invierno
you imagine if in other languages, the percentages were
different? That is anarchy. The only change is how we
express them, both the calculation and the result. Key Point:

 If you happen to live with your grandparents, you may

seem to be familiar with the Spanish numbers since old
EXPRESIONES MATEMATICAS (MATHEMATICAL
Filipino people are still using Spanish numbers in their
EXPRESSIONS)
daily lives.
+ Plus Mas
Defintion of Terms:
- Minus Menos
X Multiply/times Por  Los – article “the” in Spanish
/ Divide Entre/ dividir
= Equals Igual  Numeros – Spanish word for “numbers

•Doce dividir por dos es igual a seis.

• Twelve divide by two equals six.

Example:

2+3=5

Dos más tres son cinco

“Two plus three is five”

Translation:

Dos más tres es igual a cinco

“Two plus three is equal to five”

Dias de la semana (Weekdays)

Lunes Monday
Martes Tuesday
Miercoles Wednesday
Jueves Thursday
Viernes Friday
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ACTIVITY. GIVE THE SPANISH TERM OF EACH

NUMBER

BELOW.(WRITTEN)
a. Cuanto cuestas? How much is it?
Answer: cuesto cinco pesos 1)00 cien

2)500 quinientos
b. Cuanto es tu numero? Mi numero es
Whats your cp number? My number is 3)623,964 seiscientos veinitres mil novecientos
sesenta y cuatro
c. Cuantos anos tienes? How old are you?
4)2,000,000 dos millones
Answer: tengo
5)945 novecientos cuarenta y cinco
d. Cual es tu direccion? Whats your address?
Answer: mi direccion es

ACTIVITY. ANSWER EACH QUESTION BELOW. USE

THE SPANISH LANGUAGE. (ORAL)

1.¿Cómo te llamas? What's your name?

What is your name - Me llamo – me yamo trisha lene

2.¿Cuantos años tienes? How old are you?

Tengo diecinueve años

3.¿Qué hora es? What time is it

4.¿Cuál es la fecha de hoy Which is the date today

Hoys es once de octubre de dos mil veintiuno