Friday, August 21, 2015

German - Counting to sixty nine


We counted to 59 in German, let's keep going!

60 sechzig - sounds like zek-tsig /?/
61 einundsechzig - sounds like ah-een-oon-zek-tsig /?/
62 zweiundsechzig - sounds like svai-oon-zek-tsig /?/
63 dreiundsechzig - sounds like duh-ai-oon-zek-tsig /?/
64 vierundsechzig - sounds like fee-ah-oon-zek-tsig /?/
65 fünfundsechzig - sounds like foo-nf-oon-zek-tsig /?/
66 sechsundsechzig - sounds like zeks-oon-zek-tsig /?/
67 siebenundsechzig - sounds like zee-bm-oon-zek-tsig /?/
68 achtundsechzig - sounds like ah-kt-oon-zek-tsig /?/
69 neunundsechzig - sounds like no-een-oon-zek-tsig /?/

Goethe Institute
(from: wikipedia - Goethe Institute)

Do you remember how to say it in Spanish?
sesenta, sesenta y uno, sesenta y dos, sesenta y tres, sesenta y cuatro, sesenta y cinco, sesenta y seis, sesenta y siete, sesenta y ocho, sesenta y nueve

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