Friday, August 15, 2014

Spanish - Counting to twenty nine


We just learned how to count to 20 in Spanish, let's keep going!
21 veintiún - sounds like bay-n-tee-oo-n /?/
22 veintidós - sounds like bay-n-tee-doh-ss /?/
23 veintitrés - sounds like bay-n-tee-t-day-ss /?/
24 veinticuatro - sounds like bay-n-tee-koo-ah-t-doh /?/
25 veinticinco - sounds like bay-n-tee-see-n-koh /?/
26 veintiséis - sounds like bay-n-tee-say-ss /?/
27 veintisiete - sounds like bay-n-tee-see-ay-tay /?/
28 veintiocho - sounds like bay-n-tee-oh-choh /?/
29 veintinueve - sounds like bay-n-tee-noo-ay-vay /?/

association of spanish language academies
(from: wikipedia - Association of Spanish Language Academies)

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