Friday, September 5, 2014

Spanish - Counting to fifty nine


We just learned how to count to 49 in Spanish, let's keep going!

50 cincuenta - sounds like see-n-koo-en-tah /?/
51 cincuenta y uno - sounds like see-n-koo-en-tah ee oo-n-oh /?/
52 cincuenta y dos - sounds like see-n-koo-en-tah ee doh-ss /?/
53 cincuenta y tres - sounds like see-n-koo-en-tah ee t-day-ss /?/
54 cincuenta y cuatro - sounds like see-n-koo-en-tah ee koo-ah-t-doh /?/
55 cincuenta y cinco - sounds like see-n-koo-en-tah ee see-n-koh /?/
56 cincuenta y seis - sounds like see-n-koo-en-tah ee say-ss /?/
57 cincuenta y siete - sounds like see-n-koo-en-tah ee see-ay-tay /?/
58 cincuenta y ocho - sounds like see-n-koo-en-tah ee oh-choh /?/
59 cincuenta y nueve - sounds like see-n-koo-en-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 - cinquante, cinquante et un, cinquante-deux, cinquante-trois, cinquante-quatre, cinquante-cinq, cinquante-six, cinquante-sept, cinquante-huit, cinquante-deux,