Like I said in class, for Thursday's quiz you must know the numbers 100 to 1,000 in Spanish and the few others learned in class today. You must review numbers 1 - 100, so that if you have to write the number 625 in Spanish you will immediately know that it is "seiscientos veinticinco. You must also memorize the months of the year in Spanish. Check the previous blog entries.
One hundred (100) in Spanish is "cien." You don't use "un" or "una" or "una" with cien or with mil (1.000). Now "cien" doesn't change with gender and is only used with plural nouns (just like "mil"), you cannot say "cien libro" (one hundred book) - you MUST say "cien libros." Examples: cien sillas, cien faldas, cien cuadernos, cien pupitres, cien chicos, cien chicas, cien dólares, etc. The same for "mil" for one thousand, you can say: mil dólares, mil pupitres, mil chicos, mil chicas, mil libros, mil ventanas, mil personas, etc. (note: "mil" doesn't change with gender). You can only use "mil" with plural nouns and you don't mention "one." You don't say "un mil" or "uno mil," only "mil."
If someone asks ¿Cuántos libros hay en la biblioteca? (How many books there are in the library?) You could respond: Hay cien libros or Hay mil libros. And if someone asks: ¿Cuántas fotos hay en el álbum? (How many photos are there in the album? You could respond: Hay cien fotos.
For numbers higher than 100, like 101, you say "ciento" and the number one - uno: "ciento uno." For 102 - ciento dos, for 103 - ciento tres, etc. But pay attention to the following: to say one hundred books, you say "ciento un libros" (note that "un" remains singular and in this case you use the masculine form because "libros" is a masculine word).
You also say "ciento una mochilas" or "ciento una chicas" with feminine words, even when using plural words "una" remains singular. Practice this! This applies to other numbers when mentioning any numbers like 21, 31, 41, 51, 61, 71, 81, 91, 101, 201, 301, 401, 501, 601, 701, 801, 901, 1.001 (1,001 in Spanish), etc.
What does it mean "¿Cuántos jóvenes hay en el parque? Possible answer: "Cien jóvenes" (for one hundred young people) or simply "Cientos" (for hundreds) or "Cientos de jóvenes."
"Cien menos sesenta y cuatro son treinta y seis pesos de cambio" means "The change for one hundred minus sixty four is thirty six pesos."
Practice the numbers 100 to 1,000 over and over! And remember that the numbers 200 to 999 agree in gender with the nouns they modify. So doscientos changes to doscientas when you're talking about 200 backpacks: "doscientas mochilas." Other examples: "trescientas personas," "cuatrocientas ventanas," "quinientas chicas," etc.
324 bags = trescientas veinticuatro bolsas (feminine)
562 pages = quinientas sesenta y dos páginas (feminine)
605 hats = seiscientos cinco sombreros (masculine)
etc.
1.000 = mil (note that in Spanish you use a period instead of a comma)
1.100 = mil cien
1.200 = mil doscientos
1.300 = mil trescientos
1.400 = mil cuatrocientos
1.500 = mil quinientos
1.600 = mil seiscientos
1.700 = mil setecientos
1.800 = mil ochocientos
1.900 = mil novecientos
2.000 = dos mil
3.000 = tres mil
4.000 = cuatro mil
5.000 = cinco mil, etc.
10.000 = diez mil
20.000 = veinte mil
50.000 = cincuenta mil
100.000 = cien mil
200.000 = doscientos mil
1.000.000 = un millón
8.000.000 = ocho millones
"millón" has a plural form - "millones" (the accent is dropped)
dos millones de clientes - two million clients (note that the word "de" is placed between the number and the noun). Other examples: un millón de hombres, tres millones de dólares, un millón de personas, un millón de chicas, un millón de chicos, dos millones de mochilas, cuatro millones de programas, etc. (it doesn't change with gender, just if the nound is singular or plural).
To express complete numbers in Spanish, you string together their component parts. Examples: 587 = 500 + 80 + 7 = quinientos ochenta y siete. 793 = 700 + 90 + 3 = setecientos noventa y tres. 5.241 = 5.000 + 200 + 40 + 1 = cinco mil doscientos cuarenta y uno. And 55.422 = 55.000 + 400 + 22 = cincuenta y cinto mil cuatroscientos veintidós.
Don't forget to study the "Estructura" on page 212! Any questions? Please feel free to ask Mrs. Feld.
Quiz: Thursday, April 11, 2013 (study Months of the Year, Numbers - especially 100 - 1.000 and handouts on Numbers).
Test: Friday, April 19, 2013 (study Quiz material, information on this Blog Entry, plus "Estructuras" on pages 212 and 214, and whatever we cover this week and next week before test - including "Verbos Tener y Venir," Textbook Exercises "Vocabulario II," the G & V handouts pages 71 and 72 and Workbook Assignment pages 91, 92, 94-96). Review the last Test - only the sections on "Verbo Tener" and "Verbo Venir."
Remember the following vocabulary (Workbook pages 91, 94 and Textbook page 201 and 202): hoy, ayer, anteayer, mañana, pasado mañana, semana, la semana que viene, la semana pasada, cumpleaños (¿Cuándo
es tu cumpleaños?), days of the week (lunes, martes, miércoles, jueves, viernes, sábado, domingo), el fin de semana, Noche Vieja (31 de diciembre), Año Nuevo (primero de enero), fue (past tense of ser, only for the third person), example: ayer fue miércoles.
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