Friday, September 26, 2014

Spanish - Counting to eighty nine


We just learned how to count to 79 in Spanish, let's keep going!

80 ochenta - sounds like oh-chen-tah /?/
81 ochenta y uno - sounds like oh-chen-tah ee oo-n-oh /?/
82 ochenta y dos - sounds like oh-chen-tah ee doh-ss /?/
83 ochenta y tres - sounds like oh-chen-tah ee t-day-ss /?/
84 ochenta y cuatro - sounds like oh-chen-tah ee koo-ah-t-doh /?/
85 ochenta y cinco - sounds like oh-chen-tah ee see-n-koh /?/
86 ochenta y seis - sounds like oh-chen-tah ee say-ss /?/
87 ochenta y siete - sounds like oh-chen-tah ee see-ay-tay /?/
88 ochenta y ocho - sounds like oh-chen-tah ee oh-choh /?/
89 ochenta y nueve - sounds like oh-chen-tah ee noo-ay-vay /?/

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(from: wikipedia - Association of Spanish Language Academies)

Do you remember how to say it in French?
French - quatre-vingts, quatre-vingts-un, quatre vingt deux, quatre vingt trois, quatre vingt quatre, quatre vingt cinq, quatre vingt six, quatre vingt sept, quatre vingt huit, quatre vingt neuf