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Ordinal Numbers
Ordinal Numbers
Lesson + Basic Quiz on StudySpanish.com
SpanishDict.com lesson and quiz (You only have to be able to do 1st through 10th
Ordinal number notes
Ordinal number notes
Ordinal numbers go before their noun, but after the article (just like in English)
Ordinal numbers go before their noun, but after the article (just like in English)
la primera parte, el segundo capítulo
Streets: La Calle 8vo (la calle octavo)
Century: El siglo V (el siglo quinto)
Ordinal numbers have gender (see above and below).
Ordinal numbers have gender (see above and below).
Primero and Tercero have a short form before a singular, masculine noun
Primero and Tercero have a short form before a singular, masculine noun
la primera parte, el primer capítulo, los primeros días, las primeras semanas
la tercera parte, el tercer capítulo
You can pair an ordinal number with cada (each) to mean "each" or "every"
You can pair an ordinal number with cada (each) to mean "each" or "every"
Cada primer lunes del mes : Each first Monday of the month
Me pagan cada tercera semana: They pay me every third week.
Cardinal Numbers
Cardinal Numbers
Hundreds 100-1000
20-29
20-29
20s are all one word
10-100 por decenas
10-100 por decenas
Counting by 10s
Note: When using numbers in front of nouns, most numbers stay themselves.
Note: When using numbers in front of nouns, most numbers stay themselves.
Trece manzanas, cien mujeres, mil personas
If your number ends in "uno", then follow the GENDER rules of un and una
If your number ends in "uno", then follow the GENDER rules of un and una
veintiún hombres
veintiuna personas
treinta y un hombres
treinta y una mujeres
If your number ends in -os, follow gender rules
If your number ends in -os, follow gender rules
quinientas personas
setecientos hombres
Cien is only cien if it is exactly 100. And, we don't use "and" between 100 and 10s and 1s place.
Cien is only cien if it is exactly 100. And, we don't use "and" between 100 and 10s and 1s place.
Cien hombres
Ciento un hombres
Ciento dos hombres
If you want to say hundreds/thousands of, follow this model:
If you want to say hundreds/thousands of, follow this model:
cientos de zapatos
cientas de personas
miles de personas
Basic colors (up)
More advanced colors (right)
Some vocabulary varies depending on the region.
Some vocabulary varies depending on the region.
Brown: Café, pardo, marrón
Purple: Violeta, morado, púrpura
Orange: Naranja, Anaranjado
Pink: Rosa, Rosado
Gender Reminder:
Gender Reminder:
Pink is "rosa" and Orange is "naranja" for both masculine and feminine things but rosado and anaranjado have gender.
Like all adjectives, colors ending in S, L, E, N, Z or A don't have gender, but they do have singular/plural forms.
Las formas
Las formas
and a lot more Spanish. I bet you can follow a lot of it!
Shapes notes
Shapes notes
You are learning the NOUNS. "Tiene la forma de un/una _____."
Some shapes can easily be made into adjectives.
El círculo --> circular
El rectángulo --> rectangular
El cuadrado --> cuadrado (just drop off the article)
For others, you have to use "tiene la forma de un/una ____"
Un stop tiene la forma de un octágono.
Un huevo tiene la forma de un óvalo.
Tus botones tienen la forma de estrellas/corazones.
Grammar: Revisit Unit 2's page and review the possessive videos and links.
Grammar: Revisit Unit 2's page and review the possessive videos and links.
Unit 3, Part 3, Reading comprehension help: Diez Perritos
Unit 3, Part 3, Reading comprehension help: Diez Perritos
Tenía: I used to have
me quedan: are left (Now I only have)
The preterite verbs you see are past tense forms of these:
ir (se fue) - left
comer (comió)
morir - to die
meter - to go into
volver - to return
llevar (se la llevó) - Unamuno took her
saltar - to jump
el cerro - the mountains
Culture Studies: La Virgen de Guadalupe
Culture Studies: La Virgen de Guadalupe
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